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PREFACE 

ORT  WORTH  Men  of  Affairs  is  presented 
by  the  Newspaper  Artists'  Association  after 
a  series  of  unforseen  difficulties  that  have  re- 
sulted in  practically  its  complete  revision. 
An  endeavor  has  been  made  to  have  the  work 
as  complete  as  possible,  and  members  of  the  staff  have 
done  their  utmost  to  keep  it  right  up  to  the  date  of  issue. 
With  a  word  of  thanks  to  the  many  friends  who  have 
made  the  issue  a  possibility,  and  a  hope  that  it  may  be 
received  with  kindly  charity  for  its  shortcomings,  we 
launch  it  for  its  voyage. 

FORT  WORTH  NEWSPAPER  ARTISTS'  ASSOCIATION 
September  1,  1914 


PATRONS 


B.  L.  Anderson 
M.  E.  Berney 

E.  E.  Bewley 

F.  P.  Bath 
Rufus  Coy 

H.  C.  Meacham 
John  C.  Ryan 
Emory  Smith 


S.  B.  Cantey 
W.  B.  Harrison 
D.  B.  Keeler 
Sam  Levy 
O.  W.  Matthews 
R.  J.  Rhome 
Ed  Seibold 
Claude  VanZandt 


W.  T.  Humble 


H.  L.  Agee 

10  WARD  L.  AGEE, 
president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Agee 
Screen  Company,  is  a 
native  Texan,  having 
been  born  in  Camp 
County,  March  13,  1873.  He  is 
the  son  of  Jonathan  F.  Agee,  a 
native  of  Hickman,  Tennessee.  His 
mother  was  a  Georgian,  Miss  Satsie 
Ann  Lewis,  of  Macon,  before  her 
marriage.  One  of  the  leading  manu- 
facturers of  the  city,  Mr.  Agee  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  and  of  the  Fort  Worth  Ad 
Men's  Club.  He  is  a  good  roads 
enthusiast  and  spends  much  of  his 
time  not  devoted  to  his  large  busi- 
ness interests  in  driving  his  Maxwell, 
automobiling  being  his  chief  hobby. 
Mr.  Agee  married  Miss  Nora  Sisk, 
October  20,  1904.  They  have  two 
children,  one  aged  eight  and  one  four 
years  old.  In  politics,  Mr.  Agee  is 
a  Democrat.  He  has  devoted  all 
his  energy,  however,  to  manufac- 
turing and  has  never  been  an  aspi- 
rant for  public  office.  In  his  chosen 
line  of  activity  he  has  attained  re- 
markable success,  his  company  being 
one  of  the  leading  industries  of  Fort 
Worth  with  trade  all  over  the  South- 
west. To  the  slogan,  "Swat  the 
Fly,"  he  has  added  the  twin  slogan, 
"Screen  the  Fly."  With  the  vogue 
of  sleeping  porches  the  screen  indus- 
try has  taken  on  enlarged  propor- 
tions and  few  Fort  Worth  homes  now 
are  being  built  without  thoroughly 
screened  sleeping  porches,  while 
many  old  ones  are  being  remodeled 
and  equipped  in  this  way. 


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E.  H.  Ailes 


west. 


DWARD  HOFFMAN 
AILES  has  helped  give 
good  streets  to  many 
Texas  cities,  and  is  one 
of  the  best  known  pav- 
ing men  in  the  South- 
As  superintendent  of  the 
Texas  Bitulithic  Company  he  had 
charge  of  the  construction  of  the 
many  miles  of  Bitulithic  in  this  city 
and  also  took  part  in  the  extensive 
paving  campaigns  in  El  Paso,  Dallas 
and  Corpus  Christi.  All  his  business 
life  has  been  spent  in  the  paving 
business  and  all  with  the  same  com- 
pany, with  which  he  has  been  con- 
nected over  ten  years.  He  has  been 
in  Texas  since  1906  and  in  Fort 
Worth  since  1908.  He  is  noted  for 
his  energetic  work  in  all  public 
matters  and  was  one  of  the  most 
successful  workers  in  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  membership  contest, 
when  he  served  upon  one  of  the 
contesting  teams.  He  is  also  an 
active  worker  in  the  Bovinians  and 
other  similar  organizations,  and  is 
an  Elk  and  a  Mason.  Mr.  Ailes 
was  born  in  Botkins,  Shelby  County, 
Ohio,  November  9,  1882.  He  is  of 
Welsh  and  German  ancestry  and  the 
son  of  Moses  H.  and  Mary  Ailes, 
both  natives  of  Ohio.  His  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University.  He  is  a  Shriner,  York 
and  Scottish  Rite  Degree  Mason,  and 
has  been  prominent  in  all  the  orders 
to  which  he  belongs.  He  was 
actively  in  charge  of  the  construc- 
tion work  during  the  time  the  large 
bitulithic  contracts  were  being  car- 
ried out  here  and  made  a  host  of 
friends  for  himself  and  the  company 
by  his  consideration  of  the  rights  of 
others  and  lessening  of  the  tem- 
porary inconveniences  such  as  ac- 
company all  improvement  work. 


Dr.  W.  L.  Allison 

R.  WILMER  LAWSON 
ALLISON,  president 
and  superintendent  of 
tlie  Arlington  Heights 
Sanitarium,  and  one  of 
the  best  known  special- 
ists on  nervous  diseases  in  the  State, 
is  a  native  of  Texas.  He  was  born 
on  Big  Creek,  in  Falls  County,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1879.  His  early  education 
was  received  in  the  public  schools 
of  Mexia.  He  attended  Austin  Col- 
lege at  Sherman,  and  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  Texas. 
Following  his  graduation  Dr.  Alli- 
son spent  one  year  as  an  interne  at 
Sealy  Hospital,  Galveston,  and  later 
was  appointed  Demonstrator  of  Sur- 
gery at  the  University  of  Texas.  This 
position  he  held  for  about  six  months 
when  he  resigned  to  become  assistant 
superintendent  of  the  Southwestern 
Insane  Asylum  at  San  Antonio.  This 
position  he  held  for  four  years,  re- 
signing to  engage  in  general  prac- 
tice in  Dallas.  Shortly  after  his  re- 
moval to  that  city  he  was  elected  to 
the  chair  of  pathology  and  mental 
and  nervous  diseases  in  Southwestern 
Medical  College,  Dallas.  This  chair 
he  held  until  1912,  when  he  was 
elected  to  the  chair  of  neurology  in 
the  Medical  Department  of  Texas 
Christian  University,  which  he  now 
holds.  He  has  been  a  resident  of 
Fort  Worth  since  1908,  when  he  be- 
came interested  in  the  Arlington 
Heights  Sanitarium  and  was  elected 
its  President  and  Superintendent. 
Dr.  Allison  was  Vice-President  of  the 
Tarrant  County  Medical  Association, 
Vice-President  from  Texas  of  the 
Medical  Association  of  the  South- 
west, and  Treasurer  of  the  Texas 
State  Medical  Association,  a  member 
of  American  Medico-Psychological 
Association,  Northwest  Texas  Medi- 
cal Association,  Texas  State  Society 
of  Social  Hygiene  and  the  Fort 
Worth  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He 
married  Miss  Bessie  Bozeman  of 
Wharton,  Texas,  in  1903.  They  have 
one  child,  Wilmer  L.,  Jr. 


E.  T.  Ambler 

R.  E.  T.  AMBLER,  as- 
sociate of  the  late  John 
W.  Gates  in  his  early 
business  ventures,  is 
one  of  the  prominent 
figures  in  the  South- 
western investment  world.  At  various 
times  interested  in  saddlery,  hard- 
ware and  ranching,  he  has  accumu- 
lated a  fortune  and  is  now  devoting 
his  endeavors  to  Texas  land  in- 
vestments and  handling  of  land 
paper.  Mr.  Ambler  was  born  in 
Danbury,  Connecticut,  February  27, 
1850.  He  first  came  to  Texas  in 
1878,  traveling  over  the  state  selling 
saddlery  and  hardware,  and  became 
connected  with  the  Glidden  Wire 
Company  when  the  Glidden  fortune 
was  built  upon  the  fencing  of  the 
western  ranges.  He  was  associated 
with  the  Oliver  and  Roberts  Wire 
Company  as  their  Western  Manager 
for  ten  years,  beginning  in  1886.  He 
became  associated  with  Mr.  Gates 
and  through  the  accumulation  of 
Consolidated  Steel  stock  acquired  a 
substantial  financial  start.  He  sold 
out  his  steel  stock  and  bought  a 
large  ranch  in  Lynn  and  Garza 
counties  in  connection  with  C.  O. 
Edwards  and  John  Lofton.  Western 
lands  advanced  rapidly  shortly  after 
and  he  finally  disposed  of  his  land 
and  cattle  holdings  to  C.  W.  Post 
in  1906.  He  then  established  him- 
self in  Fort  Worth  and  began  han- 
dling land  paper.  Mr.  Ambler  is  a 
well-known  figure  in  commercial  life 
in  the  Central  States.  He  takes  a 
wide  interest  in  church  affairs  and 
is  head  of  the  finance  committee  of 
St.  Andrew's  Parish,  which  has  just 
completed  its  handsome  new  church 
building.  Mr.  Ambler  married  Miss 
Wynne  of  Dallas.  Their  daughter. 
Miss  Grace  Ambler,  married  Sam 
Cantey,  Jr. 


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Dr.  J.  Anderson 

R.  JAMES  ANDERSON, 
one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Fort  Worth  Medical 
College,  now  merged 
with  Texas  Christian 
University,  is  a  native 
of  Londonderry  and  educated  at  the 
famous  University  of  Edinboro. 
Two  of  his  brothers,  George  Ander- 
son of  California  and  W.  A.  Ander- 
son of  Vernon,  had  come  to  America 
while  their  brother  was  in  college 
and  their  accounts  of  the  opportu- 
nities of  the  growing  Southwest  led 
Dr.  Anderson  to  move  to  Texas  after 
practicing  for  a  time  in  London  after 
his  graduation  in  1885.  He  came 
here  twenty-six  years  ago  and  began 
his  practice.  Having  been  made  cog- 
nizant while  in  Scotland  and  England 
of  the  advantages  of  a  thorough  uni- 
versity training  he  interested  himself 
in  securing  the  founding  of  a  medical 
college  here  and  was  one  of  the  orig- 
inators of  the  Fort  Worth  Medical 
College,  president  of  the  board  of 
directors  and  vice-president  of  the 
faculty.  He  held  the  professorship 
of  medicine  until  a  few  years  ago, 
when  he  could  no  longer  spare  the 
necessary  time  for  the  purpose.  Dr. 
Anderson  married  Miss  Martha  Beggs 
of  Fort  Worth,  December  23,  1895. 
They  have  two  sons,  George  Beggs 
Anderson  and  James  Anderson,  Jr. 
Dr.  Anderson  is  a  member  of  the 
Tarrant  County,  North  Texas,  Texas 
State  and  American  Medical  Socie- 
ties. His  brother,  Dr.  John  Ander- 
son, was  for  thirty  years  a  surgeon 
in  the  English  army  in  India.  He  is 
now  a  resident  of  London. 


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A.  August 


LPHONSE  AUGUST, 
builder  of  the  August 
Building,  and  head  of 
the  big  August  clothing 
store,  has  been  instru- 
mental in  giving  Fort 
Worth  its  largest  building  and  inci- 
dentally the  finest  theater  building 
in  the  Southwest.  Buying  the  site 
of  the  August  building  over  four 
years  ago,  he,  with  his  brother, 
Larry  August,  first  planned  to  erect 
merely  a  three-story  building.  Ar- 
rangements, then,  were  made  to  put 
up  the  theater,  and  before  work  was 
begun  upon  it,  it  was  decided  to  add 
the  larger  office  building.  The  re- 
sult was  the  August  building,  with 
its  1,650,000  cubic  feet  of  space.  It 
houses  not  only  the  Majestic  Theater, 
but  also  the  general  offices  of  the 
Rock  Island  Railroad,  occupying  the 
four-story  part,  and  the  general  of- 
fices of  the  Frisco  System,  using  the 
three-story  section.  It  represents  a 
Fort  Worth  investment  of  more  than 
half  a  million.  Both  this  and  the 
big  August  store  are  Fort  Worth 
affairs  that  have  engaged  Mr.  Au- 
gust's attention.  A  native  of  Ger- 
many, he  came  to  Texas  over  twenty- 
seven  years  ago  and  located  here 
with  his  older  brother,  L.  August. 
He  attended  school  here  and  took  a 
business  course  in  Pruitt's  Business 
College.  Later  he  became  a  member 
of  the  August  firm,  which  became 
known  as  A.  &  L.  August.  He  now 
has  complete  charge  of  the  Fort 
Worth  business,  L.  August  looking 
after  their  interests  in  New  York. 
Mr.  August  is  the  son  of  Jacob  and 
Rosina  August,  both  natives  of  Ger- 
many. He  married  Miss  Hattie  Baum, 
formerly  of  Charlotte,  Mich.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  River  Crest  Country 
Club,  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  the 
Ad  Men's  Club  and  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  He  is  a  director  in  the 
Texas  State  Bank. 


M.  W.  Bahan 


W.  BAHAN  is  a  man 
whose  hobby  is  gas — 
real  natural  gas — and 
gas  is  his  business  as 
well  as  his  hobby.  Mr. 
Bahan  is  manager  of 
the  Texas  Company's  natural  gas  de- 
partment, having  charge  of  the 
land  and  leasehold  department.  He 
is  a  stockholder  in  the  same  com- 
pany, vice-president  and  director  of 
the  Fort  Worth  Gas  Company,  di- 
rector in  the  Marshall  Gas  Company 
and  director  of  the  Louisiana-Texas 
Natural  Gas  Company.  Mr.  Bahan 
is  a  New  Yorker  by  birth.  He  was 
born  in  Cattaragus,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1863,  and  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  that 
State.  Nearly  all  of  his  life  has 
been  spent  in  the  oil  and  gas  busi- 
ness. In  1880  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  National  Transit  Company, 
New  York,  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio, 
as  a  telegraph  operator,  afterwards 
holding  the  position  of  engineer, 
gauger,  oil  purchasing  agent  and 
superintendent.  In  1904  Mr.  Bahan 
came  to  Texas  as  superintendent  and 
director  of  the  Navarro  Refining 
Company  at  Corsicana  and  in  1909 
he  became  connected  with  the  Tex- 
as Company.  Mr.  Bahan  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics  but  has  never 
found  time  enough  from  his  favorite 
hobby  of  gas  to  take  much  part  in 
political  affairs.  In  1892  he  married 
Miss  Mary  McLaughlin  of  Andover, 
New  York.  They  have  five  children, 
ages  nineteen,  seventeen,  fifteen, 
thirteen  and  eight.  He  has  been  at 
all  times  a  consistent  worker  for  the 
development  of  Fort  Worth. 


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W.  J.  Bailey 

ILLIAM  JOHN  BAILEY 
has  had  a  prominent 
part  in  the  affairs  of 
both  the  city  and  State 
and  though  he  retired 
from  the  active  practice 
of  law  five  years  ago  and  has 
been  devoting  himself  to  agricultural 
pursuits,  fine  horses  and  cattle,  he 
still  takes  an  active  part  in  civic 
affairs,  in  which  he  is  specially  in- 
terested, being  perhaps,  the  largest 
individual  owner  of  real  estate  in 
and  about  Fort  Worth.  During  the 
more  than  twenty  years  he  practiced 
law  in  Fort  Worth,  he  held  many  of- 
ficial positions,  among  other  things 
being  a  member  of  the  state  senate 
in  the  Twenty-fourth  and  Twenty- 
fifth  Legislatures.  He  was  the  first 
official  stenographer  of  a  district 
court  in  Fort  Worth,  serving  for  one 
year  when  he  resigned  to  become 
second  assistant  in  the  office  of  the 
Attorney  General  at  Austin,  John  D. 
Templeton  being  then  Attorney  Gen- 
eral of  Texas.  After  three  years 
he  returned  to  Fort  Worth  and  re- 
sumed practice.  Mr.  Bailey  also 
served  officially  as  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  as  a 
city  school  trustee.  In  politics,  he 
has  been  a  consistent  Democrat.  Mr. 
Bailey  is  the  son  of  Cullen  Bailey 
and  Mrs.  So'phronia  Holman  Bailey, 
both  natives  of  Tennessee  and  of 
English  ancestry.  He  was  graduat- 
ed from  the  University  of  Tennessee 
in  1881  and  from  the  Lebanon  Law 
School  in  ,1882.  In  1887  he  married 
Miss  Stella  Wooten.  Later,  after 
her  death*  he  married  Miss  Susa 
Carpenter  of  Grand  Junction,  Colo. 
He  has  one  son,  Cullen  Bailey,  aged 
23.  Mr.  Bailey  is  interested  in  many 
business  enterprises  and  is  Presi- 
dent of  the  Greenwood  Cemetery  As- 
sociation. 


E.  E.  Baldridge 

ikRL  E.  BALDRIDGE, 
head  of  the  Fort 
Worth  Savings  Bank 
and  Trust  Company 
and  American  National 
Bank,  has  been  con- 
nected with  an  unbroken  line  of 
wonderful  business  successes, 
largely  due  to  the  fact  that  he 
has  been  self-reliant  since  the  age 
of  fourteen.  Born  at  Possum  Trot, 
Texas,  a  short  distance  from  Gon- 
zales, with  its  historical  associations, 
he  is  typical  of  the  energetic  Texas 
business  man.  Receiving  his  early 
tutoring  from  a  Baptist  preacher, 
young  Baldridge  began  to  learn  the 
lessons  of  experience  at  fourteen  and 
rode  for  a  Pecos  ranger  at  $25  a 
month.  Later  he  engaged  in  the  cat- 
tle business  for  himself,  investing 
his  meager  savings  to  good  advan- 
tage. He  first  ranched  in  Oklahoma 
and  later  added  ranches  in  Erath, 
Crane,  Ector,  Ward  and  Winkler 
Counties  in  Texas,  as  well  as  the 
famous  Blue  Spring  ranch  near  Wag- 
goner, Okla.  Upon  coming  to  Fort 
Worth  he  engaged  in  the  livestock 
commission  business  as  head  of  the 
Godair-Russell  Company.  Later  this 
company  merged  with  the  Cassidy- 
Southwestern,  with  which  he  remain- 
ed actively  until  he  became  head  of 
the  Waggoner  Bank  and  Trust  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Baldridge  is  prominent, 
too,  in  public  enterprises,  director  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  member 
of  the  Saddle  and  Sirloin  Club,  and 
member  of  the  River  Crest  Country 
Club  and  an  Elk.  Deeply  interested 
in  civic  affairs,  he  came  forward 
despite  the  recent  unsettled  condition 
of  money  affairs  and  took  the  city's 
reservoir  and  school  bond  issues  at 
par.  His  new  home  at  Arlington 
Heights  is  one  of  the  finest  resi- 
dences in  the  city.  He  married  Miss 
Florence  Gibson  of  Waggoner,  Okla. 
They  have  five  children,  John  Lewis, 
Helen,  Eula  May,  Earl  E.,  Jr.,  and 
Martha  Louise. 


J.  H.  Barwise 


OSEPH    H.    BARWISE, 
Jr.,    was    born    at    St. 
Charles,    Missouri, 
March    19,    1868.      His 
father  was  Joseph  Bar- 
wise,      Sr.,      and      his 
mother,  Lucy  Hansell  Barwise.     He 
was  destined  for  the  law  at  an  early 
age  and  was  given  the  advantage  of 
schooling   at   National   Normal    Uni- 
versity, Lebanon,  Ohio.     From  there 
he     graduated     in      1890.       Twelve 
years  later  he  moved  to  Fort  Worth 
where    he   has   since   practiced   law. 
He    has    been    eminently    successful 
and  is  the  junior  member  in  an  emi- 
nently successful  firm  of  attorneys. 
They  are  the   general   attorneys   for 
the  Fort  Worth  &  Denver  and  resi- 
dent attorneys  for  all  of  the  Gould 
lines    entering    Fort    Worth.      Their 
clientele  is  one  of  the  strongest  as 
well   as   one   of  the  most  important 
in  North  Texas.     J.  H.  Barwise,  Jr., 
and  Miss  Lucy  Mayfield  were  mar- 
ried December  8,   1896.     Their  only 
child  is  a  son,  fourteen  years  of  age, 
named  for  the  father.     Prior  to  his 
locating    in    Fort    Worth,    Mr.    Bar- 
wise    was    a    resident    of    Wichita 
county.     He  was  elected  county  at- 
torney there  in  1892,  two  years  after 
his   graduation    from   the    Ohio   col- 
lege, and  held  the  office  until  1894, 
when  he  retired.     This  was  his  first 
and  only   public   office.     In  politics 
he  is   a   Democrat,   and   always   has 
taken  a  keen  interest  in  the  welfare 
of  the  party  and  its  principles.     Golf 
is  his  favorite  form  of  recreation. 


j^A^ii^'U.. 


C.  G.  Beckham 

ILIFFORD  G.  BECK- 
HAM is  one  of  the 
youngest  lawyers  of  the 
Fort  Worth  bar  who 
has  become  prominent 
in  political  affairs.  As 
chairman  of  the  Woodrow  Wilson 
forces  in  Tarrant  county  he  conduct- 
ed a  campaign  that  was  noted  for  its 
thoroughness  and  success.  Mr.  Beck- 
ham is  a  son  of  the  late  Judge  Rob- 
ert E.  Beckham  and  Mary  W.  (God- 
win) Beckham,  and  is  a  native  of 
Fort  Worth,  having  been  born  in  this 
city  June  20,  1881.  His  parents  both 
came  from  Kentucky  to  Texas.  His 
father  was  a  captain  in  the  Confed- 
erate Army,  coming  to  Fort  Worth 
after  that  struggle,  to  practice  law. 
He  served  as  Mayor  from  1878  to 
1880;  was  County  Judge  from  1880 
to  1884,  and  Judge  of  the  Seven- 
teenth District  Court  from  then  until 
1892.  It  was  but  natural  that  his  son 
should  follow  in  his  footsteps  and 
study  law.  He  did  this,  graduating 
from  the  Law  Department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Texas  in  the  class  of  1903, 
entering  immediately  into  the  prac- 
tice and  soon  establishing  an  envi- 
able reputation  in  his  profession.  He 
married  Miss  Mabel  Clare  Van  Ars- 
dell,  June  28,  1905.  Miss  Van  Ars- 
dell  was  a  Kentuckian  by  birth,  but 
a  resident  of  Texas  from  childhood. 
They  have  two  children,  Perla  Marie, 
born  September  28,  1906,  and  Mabel 
Claire,  born  January  16,  1912.  At 
college  Mr.  Beckham  was  a  Beta 
Theta  Pi.  He  is  a  Mason  (both 
Knight  Templar  and  32°  Scottish 
Rite)  and  a  Shriner.  In  the  1914 
campaign  for  submission  of  a  Pro- 
hibition Amendment  he  was  Secre- 
tary of  the  State  Prohibition  Demo- 
cratic Advisory  Committee. 


C.  H.  Bencini 

H.  BENCINI,  formerly 
Mayor  of  Brownwood, 
has  taken  a  prominent 
part  in  Fort  Worth  af- 
fairs since  coming  to 
this  city  a  number  of 
years  ago.  He  is  prob- 
ably the  largest  individual  cotton  oil 
mill  operator  in  the  country  and  has 
oil  mill  interests  at  Brady,  Brown- 
wood,  Dublin,  Stephenville,  Hico, 
Hamilton,  Coleman,  San  Antonio  and 
Goldthwaite,  Texas,  all  directed  from 
his  offices  here.  His  success  has  been 
due  to  his  own  efforts.  He  was 
born  at  Salisbury,  N.  C.  His  father 
died  shortly  after  completing  the 
construction  of  the  railway  from 
Jackson,  Tenn.,  to  Cairo,  111.,  and  at 
ten,  he  went  to  the  country  to  live 
with  J.  F.  Cocke,  a  wealthy  planter 
who  had  become  very  much  attached 
to  him.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
had  been  made  foreman  of  the  plan- 
tation but  soon  after,  his  inclination 
toward  mechanics  led  him  to  leave 
the  farm  and  enter  the  railway  ma- 
chine shops  at  Jackson,  Tenn., 
where  he  received  his  first  mechan- 
ical training.  He  came  to  Paris 
as  engineer  of  an  oil  mill.  His 
success  at  Paris  was  immediate,  and 
in  a  short  time  he  had  advanced  to 
superintendent  and  manager.  The 
late  Winfield  Scott  was  attracted  by 
the  results  the  young  operator  was 
obtaining  and  the  backing  of  that 
wealthy  investor  assisted  in  build- 
ing up  the  chain  of  oil  mill  proper- 
ties. Mr.  Bencini  is  also  interested 
in  the  cattle  business,  and  is  a 
director  in  the  Fort'  Worth  and 
Rio  Grande  division  of  the  Frisco 
system.  Despite  his  extensive  busi- 
ness interests,  he  finds  time  for 
other  things,  and  served  as  head 
of  the  Fort  Worth  United  Charities 
during  a  most  successful  year.  At 
Brownwood,  while  mayor,  it  was  his 
annual  custom  to  see  that  no  home 
was  without  its  Christmas  basket, 
though  the  name  of  the  donor  was 
kept  concealed,  and  while  President 
of  the  Fort  Worth  United  Charities, 
he  started  the  same  movement  in 
Fort  Worth  which  has  been  kept  up. 
He  is  an  Elk,  a  member  of  the 
River  Crest  Country  Club,  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  a  direc- 
tor in  the  Fat  Stock  Show.  He  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Jeff  D.  McLean  of  this 
city. 


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W.  E.  Bideker 

ILLIAM  E.  BIDEKER 
has  as  his  hobby,  the 
conservation  of  water 
for  Texas;  as  his  busi- 
ness, he  has  the 
preservation  of  Fort 
Worth  from  fire.  As  chief  of  the 
best  fire  department  in  the  South- 
west, he  is  effectually  accomplish- 
ing one  of  his  life  objects  and  on 
the  other,  he  is  still  at  work.  He 
first  became  Chief  of  the  Fire  De- 
partment in  1905  after  four  years 
service  as  Assistant  Chief  and  has 
built  up  the  department  in  that  time 
from  one  of  seven  stations  and  38 
men  to  one  of  thirteen  stations  and 
a  hundred  men.  Born  in  Ohio,  of 
German  and  Virginia  parentage,  he 
was  reared  in  West  Virginia  and  se- 
cured his  education  in  the  schools 
of  that  state.  He  married  Miss  Ella 
L.  Fahey  in  West  Virginia  and  has 
five  living  children,  two  having  died. 
Those  living  are  Misses  Bessie,  17; 
Ella,  15;  Marguerite,  13;  Mazie,  9; 
and  Frances  who  is  six.  He  is  a 
Democrat  and  a  member  of  the  Elks, 
Knights  of  Columbus,  Woodmen  of 
the  World,  United  Benevolent  Asso- 
ciation, Red  Men  and  Eagles.  He  is 
a  member  and  subscriber  to  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  Under  his 
leadership,  the  firemen  have  sub- 
scribed liberally  to  such  city  projects 
as  the  National  Feeders  and  Breeders 
Show,  the  University  Fund  and  the 
Exline-Reimers  bonus.  His  father, 
H.  E.  Bideker,  was  born  in  Ger- 
many and  his  mother.  Miss  M.  Win- 
per  in  Virginia.  He  was  born  May 
4,    1869  at  Wooster,  Ohio. 


W.  J.  Boaz 

ILLIAM  J.  BOAZ,  ban- 
ker, capitalist  and  ex- 
tensive land  and  prop- 
erty owner,  is  a  pio- 
neer resident  of  Fort 
Worth.  His  family 
settled  in  this  county  before  the 
days  when  Fort  Worth  was  a 
town  and  Birdvllle,  now  but  a  mere 
village,  was  the  county  seat  and 
leading  town.  He  moved  to  Fort 
Worth  shortly  after  the  Civil  War  and 
since  that  time  has  been  identified 
prominently  with  its  affairs.  In  ad- 
dition to  his  numerous  business  ac- 
tivities Mr.  Boaz  is  a  leader  in  re- 
ligious circles  and  always  can  be 
found  working  for  the  moral,  civic 
and  industrial  progress  of  Fort 
Worth.  Naturally  modest  and  re- 
tiring, he  has  pursued  his  activities 
in  his  own  quiet,  unassuming  way 
with  the  result  that  the  general  pub- 
lic rarely  hears  of  the  part  he  has 
played.  He  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  Methodist  church  affairs 
among  other  things.  Mr.  Boaz  is  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  having  been 
born  in  Hickman  county,  that  State, 
August  26,  1840.  His  father,  Sam- 
uel Boaz,  was  a  Virginian,  being 
born  in  Pittsylvania  county.  His 
mother  was  Mrs.  Agnes  Freeman 
Boaz.  In  politics  Mr.  Boaz  is  a 
Democrat,  but  with  the  exception  of 
the  time  he  served  in  the  city  coun- 
cil— about  1872 — he  has  not  held  nor 
sought  public  office.  In  1868,  Mr. 
Boaz  married  Miss  Mary  Belle  An- 
derson. They  have  four  sons  and 
two  daughters.  In  addition  to  his 
banking  investments,  Mr.  Boaz  has 
an  interest  in  a  number  of  Fort 
Worth  business  institutions,  in- 
cluding the  Texas  Anchor  Fence 
Company,  of  which  he  is  a  stock- 
holder, and  the  Southern  Land  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  treasurer. 


Dr.  F.  D.  Boyd 

R.  FRANK  D.  BOYD 
is  one  of  the  profes- 
sional men  of  tlie  city 
who  has  become  exten- 
sively interested  in 
real  estate  and  other 
activities  without  interfering  with  his 
large  practice  as  an  eye,  ear,  nose 
and  throat  specialist.  He  has  served 
as  chairman  of  the  Medical  Board  of 
Councilors  for  the  State  of  Texas  and 
as  president  of  the  Fort  Worth  Y.  M. 
C.  A.  and  is  an  active  worker  in  its 
welfare.  Dr.  Boyd  is  a  native  Texan. 
He  was  born  at  Rusk,  December  24, 
1867,  the  son  of  John  A.  Boyd  and 
Amy  E.  Boyd,  and  is  of  Scotch-Irish 
ancestry.  His  father  was  born  at 
Murfreesboro,  Tennessee,  and  his 
mother  at  Selma,  Alabama.  Dr.  Boyd 
was  graduated  from  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Louis- 
ville in  1890.  In  1892  he  married 
Miss  Mattie  C.  Callahan.  They  have 
one  child  living.  Dr.  Boyd  is  a 
staunch  advdcate  of  outdoor  sports 
and  has  done  much  to  build  up  the 
physical  education  department  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  during  his  service  at  its 
head.  His  favorite  sports  are  base- 
ball and  golf.  He  is  a  Mason  and 
Shriner,  an  Elk,  member  of  the 
Country  Cltib,  Fort  Worth  Club, 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  Real  Es- 
tate ExchaMe.  At  the  1914  session 
of  the  Texas  State  Medical  Associa- 
tion held  at  Houston,  Dr.  Boyd  was 
honored  with  election  as  president  of 
this  body^y which  includes  nearly  all 
of  the  practicing  physicians  in  the 
State.  In  recognition  of  the  honor  he 
was  tendered  a  banquet  by  the  Tar- 
rant County  Medical  Association.  He 
is  a  member  also  of  the  Doctors' 
Lunch  Club  and  served  as  its  chair- 
man. 


Dr.  R.  O.  Braswell 


R.  RADFORD  O.  BRAS- 
WELL,  for  eight  years 
served  as  a  member  of 
the    Texas    State    Med- 
ical   Examining   Board. 
He  is  a  native  of  Ala- 
bama, having  been  born  at  Decatur, 
in   that   State,   in    1873.       He   is   of 
German    and    Scotch-Irish    ancestry. 
His    father,    D.    B.    Braswell,    was 
born    in    North    Carolina    and    his 
mother,  who  was  Miss  Jane  Barrith, 
was  a  Georgian.     Dr.  Braswell  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Physio-Medical  Col- 
lege of  Indiana,  of  the  Chicago  Col- 
lege of  Medicine  and  Surgery  and  of 
the  New  York  Polyclinic.     He  mar- 
ried Miss  Mamie  McKinnon  of  Dal- 
las in   1899.     They  have   one  child, 
five    years    of    age.      Dr.    Braswell 
is     a     member     of     Hella     Temple, 
Knights    of    the    Mystic   Shrine.      A 
surgeon    by    profession    he    makes 
Science  his  hobby.    In  political  opin- 
ion, he  is  a  Democrat.     In   1914  he 
announced  as  a  candidate   for  Gov- 
ernor   in    the    Democratic    primary, 
frankly  stating  that  he  did  not  de- 
sire the  office,  but  did  desire  a  num- 
ber of  measures  and  policies  carried 
out.     When  these  were  espoused  by 
other  candidates  he  withdrew.    Many 
of  the   things  he   advocated   form  a 
part  of  the  platform  of  the  success- 
ful  candidate.      Among   them     are: 
Perfection   of  the   educational   insti- 
tutions; taking  of  asylums  and  pen- 
itentiaries out  of  politics  and  operat- 
ing them  in  a  scientific  way;  estab- 
lishment of  a  state  institution  for  the 
criminally    insane;     development    of 
Texas  and  establishment    of    a    co- 
operative marketing  system  for  farm 
products.     He  advocated  also   cura- 
tive methods  for  treatment  of  crime, 
arguing  that  both  crime  and  disease 
in  most  cases  are  curable.     In  Fort 
Worth  he  is  noted  for  a  quiet  philan- 
thropy that  has  given  skilled  service 
to  the  poorest  as  well  as  the  wealthy 
sufferers. 


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M.  M.  Bright 

ARCUS      MARCELLUS 
BRIGHT,  cashier  of  the 
Fort  Worth  State  Bank 
and     member     of     its 
board    of    directors,    is 
but     thirty-four     years 
old,  but  his  record  as  a  banlc  official 
is  an  enviable  one.    Mr.  Bright  was 
born    in   Jackson,   Madison    County, 
Tennessee,    February    24,    1880,    the 
only  son  of  Hon.  Marcus  M.  Bright,  a 
prominent  lawyer  of  that  State,  and 
Belle    Perkins    Bright,    daughter    of 
Col.    Geo.     Perkins,    a  distinguished 
Confederate   officer.       When   but   a 
small   boy   Mr.   Bright's   parents   re- 
moved to  Ardmore,  Okla.     His  early 
education  was  secured  at  King's  Pri- 
vate School  in  that  city  and  later  he 
entered  Austin    College  at  Sherman, 
Texas.  Mr.  Bright's  first  banking  ex- 
perience  was   obtained   in   the   First 
National  Bank  of  Ardmore.  Later  he 
was  elected  cashier  of  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Mineral  Wells.     This 
position  he  held  until  1909  when,  at 
the  time  the  late  Winfield  Scott  and 
other  capitalists  of  North  Texas  or- 
ganized the  Fort  Worth  State  Bank, 
he  was  selected  for  its  cashier.     Mr. 
Bright  is  a  Mason  and  a  Shriner,  be- 
longing to  Hella  Temple,  Dallas.    He 
also  belongs  to  the  Fort  Worth  Club; 
is  treasurer  of  the  Fort  Worth   Associ- 
ation of  Credit  Men  and  the  Polytech- 
nic Heights  School  District.    In  poli- 
tics  Mr.  Bright  is    a    Democrat  but 
has    never   held   nor   sought   public 
office.     He  has  two  children  by  his 
first  wife,  Marcus  M.,  Jr.,  aged  six, 
and  Lawrence,  aged  four.    On  Aug- 
ust 26,   1912,  he  married  Miss  Amy 
Vickery,  the   accomplished   daughter 
of  R.  Vickery,   a   capitalist   of   Fort 
Worth.     He  is  a  director  of  the  Fort 
Worth  State  Bank,  the   Crystal   Ice 
Company    and    the    Veihl-Crawford 
Hardware  Company. 


Morgan  Bryan 

ORGAN  BRYAN  is  one 
of  the  originators  of  the 
Fort  Worth  Elks  Lodge 
No.  124,  a  past  exalted 
ruler  of  the  lodge  and  a 
member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Elks'  Building 
Association,  which  constructed  the 
handsome  club  building  at  Seventh 
and  Lamar  streets,  the  finest  club 
building  in  the  entire  South.  He  is 
a  descendant  of  the  three  Bryan 
brothers,  who  were  among  the  early 
permanent  settlers  of  America,  com- 
ing to  North  Carolina  in  1687.  His 
father  was  Samuel  J.  Bryan,  who 
was  born  at  Mt.  Airy,  North  Caro- 
lina, and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Sarah  A. 
Bryan,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky.  He 
was  born  at  Bonham,  Texas,  August 
31,  1872.  He  attended  Fannin  Col- 
lege at  Bonham,  graduating  in  1890, 
and  later  came  to  Fort  Worth,  where 
he  has  become  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Texas  bar.  A  lifelong  Demo- 
crat, he  has  taken  a  live  interest  in 
political  matters,  but  has  never 
sought  public  position.  He  married 
Miss  Helen  Daggett,  member  of  the 
pioneer  Fort  Worth  family  of  that 
name,  in  1898.  They  have  one  daugh- 
ter, Dorothy  Lee  Bryan,  a  young 
school  miss.  In  addition  to  his  prom- 
inence as  an  attorney,  Mr.  Bryan  is 
well  known  in  lodge  and  social  cir- 
cles, though  most  of  the  time  that 
can  be  spared  from  his  professional 
work  is  devoted  to  outdoor  diversions. 
He  is  an  enthusiastic  hunter  and  a 
good  shot.  As  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Elks' 
Building  Association  he  is  one  of 
the  men  to  whom  Fort  Worth  is  in- 
debted for  the  handsomest  club 
house  in  the  South. 


William  Bryce 

ILLIAM  BRYCE  devotes 
a  large  measure  of  his 
time  to  service  for  the 
benefit  of  the  city  at 
large  demonstrating  the 
value  of  the  suggestion 
that  a  busy  man  is  the  one  who  will 
find  time  to  accomplish  most  things. 
He  has  served  on  most  of  the  im- 
portant committees  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  in  recent  years  and  has 
been  one  of  the  heaviest  contributors 
to  public  funds  for  advancement  of 
the  city's  interests.  Time  has  been 
found  for  this  work  though  he  is 
actively  connected  with  three  of  the 
large  institutions  of  the  city.  He  is 
president  of  the  Bryce  Building 
Company,  president  of  the  Drumm 
Seed  and  Floral  Company  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Denton  Pressed  Brick 
Company.  He  was  president  of  the 
Elks  Building  Association  and  is  a 
director  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce. Mr.  Bryce  was  born  in  Scot- 
land, February  14,  1861,  the  son  of 
John  Bryce  and  Jane  Gray  Bryce. 
The  family  moved  to  Canada  and  he 
was  graduated  from  the  schools 
there,  coming  to  Fort  Worth  in  1883. 
He  is  a  Mason,  an  Elk,  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the 
Bovinians  and  belongs  to  the  River 
Crest  Club  and  Fort  Worth  Club. 
Among  the  other  business  enterprises 
with  which  Mr.  Bryce  is  connected 
are  the  Hill  Crest  Land  Company,  of 
which  he  is  president;  the  Texas 
Rolling  Mill,  of  which  he  is  vice- 
president,  and  the  Fairmount  Land 
Company,  of  which  he  is  secretary- 
treasurer.  He  has  an  interest  also 
in  the  Exline-Reimers  Company, 
manufacturing  printers,  and  in  other 
companies  of  the  city. 


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S.  B.  Burnett 

APTAIN  S.  B.  BUR- 
NETT, as  a  man  of 
affairs,  can't  be  claimed 
by  Fort  Worth  alone. 
The  entire  State,  the 
Southwest  and  the 
whole  West  knows  and  likes  the  gen- 
ial cattle  king  of  the  plains.  He  has 
been  entertained  by  President  Roose- 
velt in  the  White  House  and  has  en- 
tertained President  Roosevelt  on  his 
ranches.  Even  the  fast  disappearing 
Redmen  revere  the  big-hearted  cow- 
man. Old  Geronimo  came  to  him  for 
advice  and  consultation  and  always 
received  him  with  especial  honor  on 
the  occasion  of  Captain  Burnett's 
trips  into  the  Indian  country.  Samuel 
Burke  Burnett  is  a  Missourian.  He 
was  born  in  Base  County,  Missouri, 
January  1,  1849,  of  parents  who  had 
previously  moved  there  from  Vir- 
ginia. If  you  ask  Captain  Burnett 
his  business,  he  will  tell  you  simply 
cattleman.  That  he  is  on  a  grand 
scale.  His  herds,  famous  in  all  the 
stock  shows  the  world  over,  roam 
over  thousands  upon  thousands  of 
acres  in  Central  West  Texas  and 
Oklahoma.  But  he  is  interested  also 
in  banks  and  other  enterprises.  He 
is  a  director  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Fort  Worth,  a  director  in  the 
Benjamin,  Texas,  Bank,  and  vice- 
president  of  the  State  Bank  at  Burk- 
burnett,  Texas.  Besides  that  he  is 
treasurer  of  the  Cassidy-Southwest- 
ern  Commission  Company  and 
treasurer  of  the  Cattle  Raisers  As- 
sociation of  Texas,  and  interested  in 
prosperous  oil  mill  properties  in  the 
Southwest.  Captain  Burnett  is  a 
member  of  the  Elks,  Knights  of  Py- 
thias and  River  Crest  Club.  His 
hobby  is  cattle,  first,  last  and  all  the 
time.  Wherever  cattle  graze,  Burk 
Burnett,  as  he  is  familiarly  called, 
is  known  by  the  stockmen. 


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H.  L.  Calhoun 

UGH  L.  CALHOUN  has 
been  connected  promi- 
nently with  Fort  Worth 
affairs  both  as  an  offi- 
cial and  in  private  in- 
dustrial enterprises.  He 
has  been  secretary  of  the  city  Demo- 
cratic executive  committee  for  years 
and  for  fourteen  years  was  secretary 
and  superintendent  of  the  city  water- 
works, serving  under  both  the  Coun- 
cil and  Commission.  He  is  now  gen- 
eral manager  and  secretary  of  the 
Crystal  Ice  Company.  He  came  to 
Fort  Worth  in  1888  as  manager  of 
the  Fort  Worth  Fuel  Company,  leav- 
ing that  five  years  later  to  become 
secretary  of  the  waterworks.  After 
serving  as  secretary  for  nine  years 
and  as  assistant  superintendent  and 
secretary  for  one  year,  he  became 
superintendent  upon  the  death  of  the 
late  Capt.  A.  W.  Scoble,  and  served 
both  as  secretary  and  superintendent. 
He  was  re-elected  under  the  commis- 
sion government,  but  resigned  a 
month  later  to  become  secretary  of 
the  Fort  Worth  Iron  and  Steel  Works 
and  later  became  superintendent  of 
the  Ballard  Ice  &  Fuel  Company.  In 
October,  1910,  he  organized  the  Crys- 
tal Ice  Company.  Mr.  Calhoun  was 
born  in  Shelbyville,  Tenn.,  Aug.  14, 
1874.  His  parents,  N.  J.  Calhoun 
and  Mrs.  Joana  E.  Calhoun,  were 
both  natives  of  Tennessee.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Carrie  May  Conant  August 
17,  1892.  They  have  three  children. 
Mr.  Calhoun  is  a  member  of  the  Elks 
and  the  Fraternal  Mystic  Circle. 


R.  C.  Cantrell 

OBERT  CARUTHERS 
.CANTRELL  has  been 
a  resident  of  Tarrant 
County  thirty-sL\  years 
and  of  Fort  Worth 
nearly  fifteen  years, 
and  is  one  of  the  best  known  horse- 
men in  the  Southwest.  Mr.  Can- 
trell is  a  native  of  Mississippi,  hav- 
ing been  born  at  Canton,  that  State, 
August  22,  1864.  He  is  the  son  of 
Henry  C.  Cantrell,  a  noted  figure 
in  the  war  between  the  States,  and 
Lila  Sanders  Cantrell,  both  natives 
of  Tennessee.  Following  the  close 
of  the  war  the  family  returned  to 
Tennessee  and  Mr.  Cantrell  re- 
ceived his  early  education  there, 
completing  it  in  the  Texas  schools 
after  they  removed  to  this  State.  A 
lover  of  good  horses,  he  has  devoted 
much  of  his  time  to  business  pur- 
suits connected  with  them  and  is 
manager  and  senior  partner  of  Can- 
trell Brothers'  Eclipse  Stables.  He 
is  also  president  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Undertaking  Company.  Never  a 
candidate  for  office,  he  has  never- 
theless been  a  prominent  political 
factor  in  both  city  and  county  af- 
fairs and  is  a  lifelong  Democrat.  He 
has  extensi/e  lodge  and  club  con- 
nections, being  a  member  of  the 
Elks,  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the 
Bovinians  and  the  Saddle  and  Sirloin 
Club.  He  is  also  identified  with  the 
commercial  organizations  building 
up  the  city  and  holds  membership 
in  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
the  Ad  Men's  Clubs. 


William  Capps 

IJILLIAM    CAPPS,  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of 
Capps,  Cantey,  Hanger 
&    Short,    is    at    once 
prominent    as     an     at- 
torney     and      general 
business  man.     Professionally  he  is 
the    representative    of   many    of   the 
leading  corporations  that  have  taken 
a  part  in  the  building  of  Fort  Worth. 
He  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in 
the  development  of  the  great  South 
Side   residence   district    beyond    the 
Santa  Fe  Railway,  and  Capps  Park 
in  that  section  is  his  gift  to  the  City 
of  Fort  Worth.     He  is  president  of 
the  Fort  Worth  Record  and  the  Capps 
Land    Company    and    interested    in 
other  business  enterprises.     Without 
seeking  office  he  has  been  a  force 
in  political  matters  and  at  one  time 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
School   Trustees  with   Major  K.   M. 
Van  Zandt  and  other  prominent  busi- 
ness   and    professional    men.     Mr. 
Capps'  father,  A.  F.  Capps,  was  a 
prominent      attorney      in      Overton 
County,  Tennessee,  where  Mr.  Capps 
was  born.     His  mother,  Mrs.  Hennie 
J.  Officer  Capps,  was  a  member  of 
another  prominent  Tennessee  family, 
her  father  being  one  of  the  largest 
planters   and   slave   owners   in   that 
State  before  the  war.    Believing  that 
his  children  should  be  raised  on  the 
farm,  the   elder  Mr.   Capps  brought 
them   to  Texas   in    1878  and  settled 
near    Arlington,    where    they    were 
raised.    The  family  consisted  of  four 
boys  and  two  girls.  Dr.  E.  D.  Capps, 
F.   A.   Capps   of   Benchley,   Charles 
Capps  of  Arlington,  William  Capps, 
Mrs.    Mattie    Gill    of   Arlington    and 
Mrs.  A.  R.  Eldredge  of  this  city.   Mr. 
Capps  married  Miss  Fannie  Brooke. 
They  have  three  children,  Mrs.  H.  G. 
Lucas,  Miss  Mattie  Mae  Capps  and 
Count    Brooke    Capps.      His    latest 
signal   service    for   Fort  Worth   was 
the  institution  of  the  movement  that 
led  to  formation  of  the  Fort  Worth- 
Denton  Traction  Company. 


D.  B.  Carr 


ELWIN  BERTRAN 
CARR,  deputy  district 
clerk  of  Tarrant  coun- 
ty from  1906  to  1908, 
is  an  eminent  member 
of  the  Bar  in  Texas, 
and  a  prominent  Democrat.  The  son 
of  Merritt  L.  Carr  and  Alice  Young 
Carr,  he  is  a  direct  descendant  of 
the  earliest  settlers  in  New  England; 
his  forefathers  having  come  from 
England  to  Massachusetts  where 
they  settled  in  1620  with  the  Pil- 
grim Fathers.  His  father  was  a  na- 
tive of  Scoharie  county,  New  York 
and  his  mother  of  Indiana.  Follow- 
ing the  marriage  of  Mr.  Carr's  par- 
ents, they  were  residents  of  Rankin, 
Illinois  and  he  was  born  there  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1880.  Mr.  Carr  has  been 
prominent  in  Fort  Worth  fraternal 
circles  and  is  a  member  of  the  Fort 
Worth  lodges  of  Elks,  Masons, 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  June  26, 
1910,  Mr.  Carr  and  Miss  Clethie 
Bradshaw  were  married  in  this  city. 
Mr.  Carr  is  an  ardent  lover  of  fine 
horses  and  takes  his  recreation 
largely  in  riding  and  driving.  After 
successful  practice  at  the  Fort  Worth 
Bar,  Mr.  Carr  removed  to  Dallas  in 
1913,  and  has  continued  the  practice 
of  his  chosen  profession  in  that  city. 
While  a  resident  of  Fort  Worth  he 
made  many  friends  and  "was  highly 
popular  in   lodge   and   social  circles. 


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Alonzo  Carter 


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LONZO  CARTER,  pro- 
p  r  i  e  t  0  r  of  Carter's 
Studio  &  Photo  Supply 
Company,  is  a  native 
^  of  Alabama.  He  was 
born  near  Anniston, 
that  State,  May  11,  1873,  the  son  of 
M.  A.  and  E.  E.  Carter.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native 
State  and  after  completing  the 
course,  entered  Cumberland  Semi- 
nary of  Alabama.  From  Alabama 
Mr.  Carter  traveled  extensively  in 
the  interest  of  his  profession,  in 
which  he  has  been  so  successful 
since  coming  to  Fort  Worth  in  1908, 
succeeding  Mr.  Greer.  Mr.  Carter 
is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  Woodmen 
of  the  World,  Knights  of  Pythias, 
Ad  Men's  Club,  Rotary  Club  and  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  High-grade 
portraits  and  art  photographing  are 
his  hobbies.  Among  the  prominent 
Fort  Worth  men  who  have  been 
given  sittings  by  him  are  those 
whose  pictures  appear  in  this  vol- 
ume. In  May,  1906,  Mr.  Carter 
married  Miss  Edna  C.  Guthrie  at 
Galveston.  They  have  two  children, 
Lorraine,  aged  six  years,  and  Just- 
ine, aged  two.  Their  home  is  at 
2201  Fairmount  avenue.  For  many 
years  he  has  been  the  official  pho- 
tographer for  the  City  of  Fort  Worth 
and  his  collection  of  plates  and  neg- 
atives is  one  of  the  largest  and  most 
complete  in  the  entire  Southwest.  He 
is  highly  popular  as  a  club  man  and 
well  known  in  business  circles 
throughout  the  city. 


Amon  G.  Carter 

HERE  is  a  little  sign 
that  hangs  over  Amon 
G.  Carter's  desk  in 
the  Star-Telegram  of- 
fice that  reads:  "Most 
anybody  can  get  results 
when  kindly  encouraged,  but  give 
me  the  man  that  can  get  there 
in  spite  of  hell."  It  is  the  spirit  of 
that  sign  that  has  made  him  the 
successful  man  he  is  today.  He  was 
left  to  shift  for  himself  at  eleven. 
His  first  job  was  washing  dishes 
for  $1.50  a  week  at  Bowie.  At 
eighteen  he  was  traveling  with  a 
crew  of  canvassers  selling  portraits 
and  at  that  age  he  could  sell  more 
portraits  than  any  man  in  the  crew. 
In  recognition  of  this  he  was  made 
manager  of  the  crew  and  later  sales 
manager  for  the  company.  The  ad- 
vertising field  attracted  him  and  he 
became  connected  with  a  big  adver- 
tising agency  in  San  Francisco, 
proving  as  successful  at  that  as  at 
portrait  selling.  After  two  years  he 
decided  to  return  to  Texas  and, 
locating  in  Fort  Worth,  established 
an  advertising  agency,  handling 
street  car  advertising.  The  Fort 
Worth  Star  was  organized  about 
this  time  and  he  was  selected  for 
Advertising  Manager.  Within  three 
months  he  was  Business  Manager 
though  then  less  than  26  years  of 
age.  Three  years  later  t-he  Star  pur- 
chased the  Telegram  and  he  became 
Business  Manager  of  the  Star-Tele- 
gram, of  which  he  is  now  Vice- 
President  and  General  Manager  and 
part  owner.  He  has  been  as  active 
in  building  for  Fort  Worth  as  for 
himself.  He  has  served  as  Presi- 
dent of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
and  is  one  of  its  Directors.  He  is 
a  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of  the  Elks 
and  President  of  the  Elks  Building 
Association;  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Ad  Men's  Club  of  which 
he  was  Secretary;  was  President  of 
the  University  Club,  and  has  been 
identified  with  every  movement  for 
the  growth  of  the  city  since  he  lo- 
cated here.  Mr.  Carter  is  married 
and  has  one  child,  Bertice. 


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H.  M.  Chapman 

ENRY  MO  RROW 
CHAPMAN,  settled  in 
Texas  in  1877,  leaving 
Bowling  Green,  Ken- 
tucky, in  that  year  to 
-  come  to  Weatherford. 
He  remained  in  Weatherford  until 
1883,  when  he  removed  to  Fort 
Worth,  where  he  has  been  a  resident 
since.  Always  a  prominent  member 
of  the  bar  of  the  State  and  a  well- 
known  Democrat,  he  has  held  a  num- 
ber of  public  trusts,  though  never 
accepting  salaried  offices.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of 
the  State  University  for  three  years 
and  a  member  of  the  school  board 
of  the  city  of  Fort  Worth  for  some 
time. 

As  district  attorney  for  the  Frisco 
Railway  he  has  taken  a  prominent 
part  in  the  legal  work  of  that  com- 
pany in  Texas,  the  State  headquar- 
ters being  in  Fort  Worth.  During 
his  practice  of  law  in  Fort  Worth 
Mr.  Chapman  has  been  a  member  of 
the  firms  of  Boss,  Chapman  and 
Boss;  West,  Smith  and  Chapman; 
West,  Chapman  and  West,  and  for 
the  past  two  years  of  Chapman  and 
Lockett.  Having  a  hobby  for  pigeon 
culture,  Mr.  Chapman  owns  a  farm 
near  Bedford  stocked  with  many  fine 
birds,  a  number  of  them  prize  win- 
ners in  the  annual  State  poultry 
shows.  Mr.  Chapman's  other  hobby 
is  fishing.  He  was  born  in  Warren 
County,  Kentucky,  February  22, 
1854.  His  parents,  John  A.  Chap- 
man and  Elizabeth  Johnson  Chap- 
man, were  both  natives  of  the  same 
county.  He  became  a  graduate  of 
Warren  College,  Kentucky,  in  1875, 
and  in  1876  graduated  in  law  at 
Cumberland  University.  He  married 
Mrs.  Susan  Carlin  in  1880.  They 
have  two  children,  John  A.  Chap- 
man and  Miss  Bessie  B.  Chapman. 


G.  C.  Clark 

EORGE   C.   CLARKE  is 

identified  perhaps  more 
closely  than  any  other 
one  man  with  the  de- 
'i  velopment  of  the  new 
South  Side  of  Fort 
Worth.  In  the  Shaw  Heights  and 
Shaw-Clarlce  additions  he  has  devel- 
oped prominent  residence  sections  of 
the  city  and  is  still  engaged  in  sim' 
ilar  work  in  other  tracts.  Coming  to 
Fort  Worth  as  a  traveling  man,  he 
became  impressed  with  the  oppor- 
tunities for  the  development  of  the 
fine  high  territory  south  of  the  then 
built-up  section  of  the  city.  He  set- 
tled here  and  took  up  the  work  with 
immediate  success.  Much  of  the 
territory,  then  prairie,  is  now  within 
the  city  limits  and  the  site  of  some 
of  the  best  homes.  Mr.  Clarke  is 
a  Tennesseean,  born  near  Fayettes- 
ville,  September  14,  1870.  His 
mother,  Elizabeth  Clarke,  was  born 
in  the  same  place  and  his  father, 
James  C.  Clarke,  came  from  Vir- 
ginia. Deeply  interested  in  civic  af- 
fairs, Mr.  Clarke  has  served  two 
terms  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
School  Trustees,  and  as  Chairman 
of  the  Buildings  and  Grounds  Com- 
mittee has  assisted  in  building  up 
the  finely  housed  school  system  of 
Fort  Worth.  He  was  also  urged  to 
accept  appointment  as  a  member  of 
the  Park  Board,  but  declined  as  it 
would  have  interfered  with  his  work 
on  the  School  Board,  which  was  then 
erecting  new  buildings.  Mrs.  Clarke 
was  Miss  Fay  Clark  of  Graham, 
Texas,  before  her  marriage  to  Mr. 
Clarke.  Both  are  automobile  en- 
thusiasts and  take  many  auto  trips. 
Mr.  Clarke  is  an  Elk  and  a  member 
of  numerous  commercial  organiza- 
tions and  social  clubs. 


Sterling  P.  Clark 

TERLING  P.  CLARK  is 
a     native     of     Tarrant 
County  and  has  resided 
within    its    bounds    for 
practically     all    of    his 
active  business  and  po- 
litical life.     He  was  born  in  1861  in 
the  northern  part  of  the  county   on 
the   ranch   to  which   his    father  had 
moved   after   first    settling    at   Bird- 
ville,    then    the    county    seat.      His 
father,   Pressley   H.    Clark,   and   his 
mother,   Jane   Johnson    Clark,    were 
both  born  in  Hopkinsville,  Ky.,  com- 
ing to  Texas  in  1856  by  wagon  train. 
Pressley    Clark    was    once    captured 
by    Indians    and    Sterling    P.    Clark 
was  chased  by  them  as  a  boy,  but 
made  good  his  escape.     He  received 
only  such  education  as  was  possible 
in  those  pioneer  days,  but  gained  a 
large  practical  experience.    When  he 
was  21    he   opened  a  drug  store   at 
Keller,  but  the  confinement  injured 
his  health  and  he  entered  the  cattle 
business,  ranching  in  Tarrant,  Run- 
nells  and  Hemphill  counties.     Later 
he     became     vice-president     of    the 
North  Texas  Live  Stock  Commission 
Company  and  later  assistant  general 
manager   Cassidy-Southwestern   Live 
Stock  Commission  Company  and  is  a 
member    of    the    Panhandle    Cattle 
Raisers'  Association   and   the   Texas 
Cattle     Raisers'     Association.       For 
several   years   he    served   as    deputy 
sheriff    and    in     1896    was    elected 
Sheriff     and     re-elected     for     three 
terms,  when  he  retired.     During  this 
time  he  was  president  of  the  Texas 
Sheriff's    Association.      Following    a 
period  of  rest  and  investment  he  es- 
tablished a  dry  goods  business,  now 
one     of     the     city's     largest.       He 
married   Miss   Sophia   Putman,  Aug. 
9,    1899.     They   have   four  children, 
Mabel,  Sterling  P.  Clark,  Jr.,  Sophia 
Belle  and  Floy  Potts.     Mr.  Clark  is 
a  Mason,  a  Woodman  and  a  Pythian. 


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G.  H.  Clifford 

EORGE  H.  CLIFFORD, 
Vice-president  of  the 
Northern  Texas  Traction 
Company  and  of  the 
Southern  Traction  Com- 
pany, operating  the  Fort 
Worth-Dallas  and  Fort  Worth-Cle- 
burne interurbans,  the  street  railway 
system  of  Fort  Worth  and  the 
Oak  Cliff  lines,  has  risen  rap- 
idly to  one  of  the  most  responsible 
positions  in  Texas.  In  addition  to 
his  important  duties  as  the  active 
head  of  these  organizations,  he  was 
president  of  the  Fort  Worth  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  devotes  much 
time  to  the  general  advancement  of 
the  city.  He  has  assisted  both  per- 
sonally and  as  a  railway  official  in 
the  city's  rapid  development,  millions 
of  dollars  having  been  expended  by 
his  company  in  the  street  improve- 
ment and  other  campaigns,  including 
the  building  of  the  Cleburne  line  and 
the  line  to  Texas  Christian  Univer- 
sity, one  of  the  factors  in  securing 
the  location  of  that  influential  school 
here.  Mr.  Clifford  was  born  at  Crow- 
ley, Tarrant  County.  He  rose  from 
stenographer  to  the  late  F.  M. 
Haines,  manager  of  the  Dallas  Inter- 
urban,  through  a  series  of  promo- 
tions until  he  became  secretary- 
treasurer  in  1903.  Two  years  later  he 
became  superintendent,  with  com- 
plete charge  of  the  operating  depart- 
ment. When  H.  T.  Edgar  went  to 
Seattle  to  become  head  of  the  Stone 
&  Webster  properties  there,  Mr. 
Clifford  succeeded  him  in  charge 
at  Fort  Worth.  He  is  the  son  of 
George  and  Elizabeth  Clifford,  ear- 
ly residents  of  the  county.  He  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Lillie  Thorne.  He  is  a 
member  of  various  commercial  or- 
ganizations, an  Elk  and  member  of 
the  River  Crest  Country  Club  and 
the  Saddle  and  Sirloin  Club  and  the 
Auto  Club  and  president  of  the 
Electrical  Railway  Association  of 
Texas. 


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H.  H.  Cobb 

ORACE  H.  COBB  was 
born  at  Windham,  Ver- 
mont, January  9,  1850, 
both  his  father,  Ros- 
well  Lyman  Cobb,  and 
his  mother,  Ellen  S. 
Howard  Cobb,  being  from  fam- 
ilies prominent  in  the  history  of 
Vermont.  His  mother  was  a  cousin 
and  schoolmate  of  Alphonso  Taft  un- 
der whose  advice  Mr.  Cobb  was  sent 
to  Yale  College  in  1867.  Because  of 
ill-health,  he  was  obliged  to  give  up 
his  studies  during  the  sophomore 
year,  but  recovering,  afterward  spent 
two  years  at  Cornell  with  the  class 
of  'Seventy-eight.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1878  and  practiced  law 
at  Charlotte,  Mich.,  until  1890,  when 
he  removed  to  Texas. 

Mr.  Cobb  has  been  interested  in 
many  enterprises,  one  of  his  charac- 
teristics being  that  he  is  always  busy. 
He  has  been  one  of  the  incorporators 
of  a  number  of  successful  corpora- 
tions, including  the  Michigan  State 
Bank  of  Eaton  Rapids,  Mich.;  The 
Oak  Land  and  Lumber  Company  of 
Charlotte,  Mich.;  The  National  Bank 
of  Denison,  Denison,  Tex.;  The  O.  K. 
Cattle  Company,  Fort  Worth;  The 
Southern  Trust  Company  and  South- 
ern Surety  Company,  St.  Louis;  the 
Cobb  Brick  Company  and  the  W.  C. 
Belcher  Land  Mortgage  Company  of 
Fort  Worth.  He  has  been  manager  of 
the  Belcher  Land  Mortgage  Company 
for  over  22  years.  February  4, 
1871,  he  married  Miss  Susan  M. 
Church,  of  Chester,  Vermont.  Golf 
is  his  favorite  recreation. 


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B.  W.  Couch 

URR  W.  COUCH,  60S 
Eighth  Avenue,  was 
born  near  Italy,  Ellis 
County.  Texas,  July 
14,  1869,  the  son  of 
J.  C.  and  Laura  Morris 
Couch.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  Hope  Institute,  a  select 
boarding  school  located  at  Italy.  He 
married  Miss  Myrtle  Adkisson,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1890.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Couch  have  one  daughter,  Vivienne 
Couch,  a  girl  in  her  teens.  For  a 
number  of  years  Mr.  Couch  was 
associated  with  his  father  in  gen- 
eral mercantile  business  at  Italy.  In 
1900  he  became  principal  owner  and 
general  manager  of  the  Italy  Cotton 
Oil  Company,  subsequently  becom- 
ing interested  in  a  number  of  oil 
mills  of  the  State.  He  became  later 
one  of  the  principal  stockholders  and 
a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Italy,  and  in  April,  1909,  was 
elected  Mayor  of  that  city.  He 
served  until  February,  1910,  when 
he  resigned  and  came  to  Fort  Worth, 
associating  himself  with  the  late 
Winfield  Scott  in  buying  the  mill  of 
the  Mutual  Cotton  Oil  Company,  of 
which  he  became  vice-president  and 
general  manager.  Following  the 
death  of  Mr.  Scott,  he  became  presi- 
dent of  the  company.  Upon  coming 
to  Fort  Worth  Mr.  Couch  also  be- 
came a  stockholder  and.  director  in 
the  Fort  Worth  State  Bank.  In 
politics  Mr.  Couch  is  a  Democrat. 
He  Is  a  32d  degree  Mason  and  a 
Shriner. 


J.  W.  Covey 

OHN  WALKER  COVEY, 
President  of  Covey  & 
Martin  Company,  drug 
merchants,  has  taken  a 
prominent  part  in 
many  business  organ- 
izations connected  with  the  de- 
velopment of  the  drug  business  and 
the  growth  of  Fort  Worth.  He  is 
Past  President  of  the  Texas  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  former 
Secretary  of  the  Southwestern  Divis- 
ion of  the  Associated  Advertising 
Clubs  of  America  and  former  Presi- 
dent of  the  Fort  Worth  Ad  Club,  and 
has  served  also  as  President  of  the 
Tarrant  County  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion. He  has  been  a  leader  in  the  re- 
tail drug  business  in  the  Southwest 
and  is  originator  of  the  "all  night 
drug  store"  in  Fort  Worth.  He  is  also 
active  along  general  commercial 
lines,  a  worker  in  the  Ad  Club  and 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Fort  Worth,  Elks 
Club,  belongs  to  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  is  a  Shriner.  Mr.  Covey 
was  born  in  Savannah,  Tennessee, 
November  10,  1876.  He  is  the  son 
of  W.  W.  Covey  and  Sarah  Amanda 
Covey,  both  born  in  the  city  of  Sa- 
vannah. Following  his  training  as  a 
pharmacist,  he  came  to  Fort  Worth  in 
1902,  entered  the  business,  and  has 
devoted  all  of  his  time  to  it,  building 
up  the  large  Fort  Worth  establish- 
ments which  Covey  &  Martin  oper- 
ate. Mr.  Covey  married  Miss  Emma 
Maddox  in  1903.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Canton  Pharmacy,  and 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Parker- 
Browne  Company,  besides  being 
head  of  the  Covey  &  Martin 
Company.  His  extensive  business 
interests  are  not  permitted  to  pre- 
vent him  devoting  considerable  time 
to  social  affairs  and  he  is  one  of 
the  most  popular  business  men  of 
the  city. 


S.  H.  Cowan 

O  other  man  in  private 
life  has  played  such  a 
part  in  national  legisla- 
tion as  Samuel  Hous- 
ton Cowan.  Many  men, 
not  officials,  have  been 
instrumental  in  securing  special 
laws,  but  those  bearing  the  stamp 
of  Judge  Cowan's  work  affect  the 
entire  country  and  are  among  the 
most  famous  pieces  of  legislation  of 
the  era.  Mr.  Cowan  personally  drew 
the  Hepburn  bill  as  introduced  in 
the  Senate  by  Senator  Dolliver  and 
afterwards  by  Mr.  Hepburn  in  the 
House.  It  is  common  knowledge 
that  he  had  the  ready  ear  of  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  in  the  railroad  rate 
regulation  that  marked  the  Roosevelt 
Administration.  As  general  attor- 
ney for  the  Texas  Cattle  Raisers 
Association,  Mr.  Cowan  began  the 
study  of  railroad  rates  in  which  he 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  greatest 
experts  in  the  country.  For  both 
the  Texas  Cattle  Raisers  Associa- 
tion and  the  American  National  Live 
Stock  Association  he  has  appeared 
frequently  before  the  Interstate 
Commerce  Commission  and  before 
Congressional  Committees,  and  State 
Legislatures,  his  acquaintance  with 
men  in  official  life  being  wide.  His 
success  is  attested  by  the  fact  that 
since  1893  he  has  been  unanimously 
the  choice  of  the  cattlemen  for  their 
representative.  Though  a  lifelong 
Democrat  and  prominent  in  national 
legislation  he  has  had  no  political 
ambitions  and  has  held  but  one  pub- 
lic office,  that  of  district  attorney 
for  the  Thirty  Second  Judicial  Dis- 
trict. Mr.  Cowan  was  born  in  Mar- 
ion County,  Tennessee,  December 
15,  1858,  the  son  of  William  Cowan 
and  Mrs.  Sarah  Caroline  Cowan, 
both  also  natives  of  Marion  County, 
Tennessee.  He  was  graduated  from 
Sequatchie  College  and  married  Miss 
Anna  Schoolfield  of  Galveston,  April 
24,  1883.  They  have  two  daughters 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Scheuber  and  Miss  Helen 
Cowan.  Mr.  Cowan  is  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  law  firm  of  Cowan  and 
Burney,  a  partnership  formed  by 
him  and  Mr.  I.  H.  Burney  in  1896. 


J.  B.  Craddock 

HN  BAILEY  CRAD- 
DOCK, one  of  the  prom- 
inent Virginians  who 
have  settled  in  Texas, 
was  born  at  Houston, 
-^p-"^— •  Va.,  February  8,  1866. 
His  parents,  John  W.  Craddock  and 
Mary  Easley  Craddock,  were  both  na- 
tives of  Virginia.  He  is  secretary 
and  sales  manager  of  the  Carter 
Grocer  Company,  and  for  eighteen 
years  has  been  actively  connected 
with  that  line  of  business  in  Fort 
Worth,  first  with  the  Carter-Battle 
Produce  Company  and  then  the  Car- 
ter-Hunt Grocer  Company.  Work, 
hunting  and  fishing  are  his  three 
hobbies,  each  receiving  their  due 
share  of  his  time.  Mr.  Craddock 
is  a  member  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Lodge  of  Elks  and  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Rotary  Club.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat,  but  has  never  been  a  can- 
didate for  public  office,  devoting  his 
energies  to  the  business  enterprises 
with  which  he  has  been  connected. 
April  26,  1904,  he  married  Miss 
Donna  Lee  Carter.  Three  children 
have  been  born  to  them:  Jean  Crad- 
dock, seven  years  old,  and  Dorothy 
Lee  Craddock,  aged  five  years  and 
Jack  B.  Craddock,  Jr.,  age  two. 
Their  home  is  at  1330  Lipscomb 
Street.  Mr.  Craddock  takes  great 
interest  in  all  matters .  for  the  de- 
velopment of  his  business  and  of  Fort 
Worth,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Ad 
Club  and  the  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
organizations  that  are  carrying  on 
progress  in  those  lines. 


F.  T.  Crittenden 

RANK  TOLL  CRITTEN- 
DEN is  a  noted  figure 
in  the  merchants  and 
advertisers  organizations 
of  both  the  State  and 
^^  Nation.   Among  the  im- 

portant posts  he  has  held  in  business 
organizations  are  the  following: 
President  Associated  Advertising 
Clubs  of  Texas;  president  Fort  Worth 
Ad  Men's  Club  (1909);  president 
Southwestern  Division  Associated 
Advertising  Clubs  of  America  (1910) 
and  third  vice-president  of  the  Asso- 
ciated Advertising  Clubs  of  America 
(1910).  He  is  prominently  con- 
nected also  with  other  organizations. 
He  was  vice-president  of  the  United 
Charities  in  1910  and  director  gen- 
eral of  the  Elks'  great  charity  fair, 
which  raised  over  S4,000.  He  is  a 
Mason,  Past  Esteemed  Leading 
Knight  of  the  Fort  Worth  Elks,  Past 
Supreme  Orator  of  the  Royal  League, 
Past  Regent  of  the  Northwestern 
Council,  Royal  Arcanum,  and  Past 
Sachem  of  Minnehaha  Tribe,  Red 
Men,  the  last  two  offices  having  been 
held  in  Chicago.  He  has  served, 
also,  as  secretary  of  the  State  Asso- 
ciation of  Elks.  His  business  rise 
has  been  rapid.  His  first  work  was 
as  a  messenger  boy  for  the  Atlantic 
&  Pacific  Telegraph  Company  in 
1871.  He  was  later  with  Willoughby 
Hill  &  Co.,  H.  W.  King&  Co.  and 
Henry  Turner  of  Chicago,  coming  to 
Washer  Brothers  in  1899.  He  is  now 
a  stockholder  and  general  manager 
of  that  company.  He  was  born  in 
Bureau  County,  Illinois,  February 
17,  1861.  His  father,  Franklin  Crit- 
tenden, was  born  in  Ontario,  Canada, 
in  1818,  as  was  also  his  mother, 
Sarah  Toll  Crittenden.  He  married 
Miss  Minnette  R.  Turner  of  Chicago, 
November  27,  1883.  They  have  one 
daughter,  Mrs.  John  B.  Tewksbury 
of  Cincinnati. 


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A.  F.  Crowley 

RCHIBALD  FRANK 
CROWLEY,  vice  presi- 
dent of  tiie  National 
Live  Stock  Commission 
Company,  is  known  all 
over  the  Southwest  for 
the  plucky  uphill  fight  he  made  in 
the  cattle  business  into  which  he 
was  plunged  as  a  mere  boy 
of  fifteen  by  the  death  of  his 
father.  His  mother  was  Mrs.  Seselia 
Leonard  Crowley,  daughter  of  Col. 
A.  F.  Leonard,  one  of  Tarrant  Coun- 
ty's first  settlers,  and  an  early  repre- 
sentative from  the  county.  His 
father,  Hiram  Crowley,  organized  a 
company  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war 
and  was  chosen  to  head  it.  He  was 
killed  at  Yellow  Bayou  in  1864.  With 
his  brother,  a  boy  of  thirteen,  Frank 
shouldered  the  responsibility  of 
caring  for  himself  and  took  the 
active  management  of  the  little  Palo 
Pinto  County  ranch  the  boys  stocked. 
He  handled  the  selling  of  the  cattle 
with  all  the  judgment  of  an  old 
cattleman  and  the  youngsters  were 
soon  recognized  as  factors  in  the 
cattle  business.  Their  relationship 
in  cattle  dealing  and  ranches  contin- 
ued until  Hiram  E.  entered  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Midland,  when 
Frank  bought  him  out  and  continued 
in  the  cattle  business  alone.  He  has 
had  cattle  interests  at  various  times 
in  Palo  Pinto,  Fisher,  Gaines,  and 
other  counties  of  the  State,  and  his 
acquaintance  among  the  cattlemen  is 
probably  more  extensive  than  that  of 
any  other  one  man.  He  has  resided  in 
Fort  Worth  for  a  number  of  years, 
this  being  but  a  short  distance  from 
the  old  family  home  at  Crowley. 


H.  E.  Crowley 


[RAM  EDWIN  CROW- 
LEY is  a  native  of  Tar- 
rant County  and  one  of 
the  best  known  men  in 
the  State.  Starting  life, 
orphaned  by  the  Civil 
war,  and  with  the  family's  property 
all  lost,  he  has  risen  to  a  position 
of  wealth,  influence  and  esteem.  At 
thirteen  he  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  with  his  brother,  Frank,  two 
years  older.  They  got  together  100 
head  of  cattle  and  started  the  Orphan 
Boy  ranch  in  Palo  Pinto  County. 
They  were  successful,  and  in  1883 
merged  their  interests  with  the  Lib- 
erty Cattle  Company.  Mr.  Crowley 
went  to  Fisher  County.  Later  he  re- 
turned to  Palo  Pinto  and  bought  a 
ranch  at  the  head  of  Walnut  Creek 
and  made  a  specialty  of  young  steers. 
In  1886  he  went  to  Gaines  County 
and  in  1889  sold  out  all  his  cattle 
interests  to  his  brother  and  engaged 
in  mercantile  business  at  Midland. 
Fire  broke  up  his  successful  mercan- 
tile business  and  he  then  studied  law. 
He  was  elected  District  Attorney  for 
three  counties,  with  but  four  votes 
cast  against  him  and  made  a  remark- 
able success  as  an  attorney.  He 
came  to  Fort  Worth  as  secretary  of 
the  Texas  Cattle  Raisers'  Associa- 
tion, and  after  serving  three  terms, 
resigned  and  became  live  stock  agent 
of  the  Rock  Island.  He  married  Miss 
Kate  Moore,  daughter  of  a  prominent 
Chattanooga  contractor,  in  1888. 
They  have  four  children,  Hiram 
Franklin,  Mackey  Ruth,  Henry 
Grady  and  Irene.  Mr.  Crowley  is 
an  automobile  enthusiast  and  was 
one  of  the  first  men  to  make  a  trip 
from  Fort  Worth  into  Mexico  by  car. 
He  is  Recorder  of  Moslah  Temple, 
Shriners. 


E.  A.  Cuendet 


A.  CUENDET,  general 
manager  for  A.  A. 
Busch  &  Company  in 
Fort  Worth,  was  born 
at  St.  Croix,  Switzer- 
land, May  4,  1874.  He 
is  a  descendant  of  a  French  family 
that  fled  from  their  native  country 
in  1685  to  escape  religious  persecu- 
tion, going  into  Switzerland.  Mr. 
Cuendet's  father  was  August  F. 
Cuendet  of  St.  Croix  and  his  mother 
Mary  Louise  Cuendet  of  Grandson, 
Switzerland.  As  a  youth,  Mr.  Cuendet 
attended  the  Ecole  Industriele  Can- 
tonale  of  Lausanne.  Coming  to  the 
United  States  to  make  his  own  way 
in  the  world,  he  settled  in  Missouri, 
residing  in  Carthage  and  St.  Louis 
before  leaving  that  state  and  remov- 
ing to  Texas.  It  was  while  living 
in  Missouri  that  Mr.  Cuendet  mar- 
ried Miss  Alice  G.  Hargrave  of  Car- 
thage, Missouri.  They  were  married 
in  1905  and  have  one  child,  a 
daughter,  aged  three.  At  the  out- 
break of  the  Spanish-American  war, 
Mr.  Cuendet,  then  residing  in  Mis- 
souri, was  appointed  a  lieutenant 
in  the  Second  Missouri  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masons  and  the  Fort  Worth  Lodge 
B.  P.  O.  E.,  and  has  been  a  consistent 
and  energetic  worker  for  its  success 
and  welfare  at  all  times.  As  chair- 
man of  the  finance  committee  of  the 
lodge  he  rendered  it  most  dis- 
tinguished service,  giving  to  its 
affairs  the  same  energy  and  ability 
that  have  resulted  in  his  great  busi- 
ness success  in  Fort  Worth.  He  is 
highly  popular  as  a  club  man  and  a 
noted  success  as  a  business  man. 


LTBHARY 

tmrVERSTTY  OF  CALIFORNIi 

SANTA  BARBARA 


F.  P.  Culver 

R.  FRANK  P.  CULVER, 
former  president  of 
Polytechnic  College,  is 
prominent  both  in  the 
ministerial  and  educa- 
tional work  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South. 
As  president  of  Polytechnic  he 
headed  the  largest  school  of  the  de- 
nomination in  this  section  of  the 
country  and  the  institution  that  will 
be  the  girls'  department  of  the  big 
Southern  university  system  now 
planned  by  the  church.  He  is  now 
pastor  of  the  Polytechnic  Methodist 
Church.  Dr.  Culver  has  been  a 
member  of  the  past  two  general  con- 
ferences of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church,  South,  and  was  a  dele- 
gate-elect to  the  Ecumenical  Con- 
ference held  in  Toronto,  Canada, 
last  year.  A  native  of  Alabama, 
he  is  the  son  of  Major  I.  F.  Culver, 
one  of  the  officials  of  that  State 
for  a  number  of  years.  His  mother, 
before  her  marriage,  was  Miss  Nancy 
McSwean.  She  was  born  in  Louis- 
ville, Alabama,  and  Dr.  Culver's 
father  in  Sparta,  Georgia.  Dr.  Cul- 
ver was  born  in  Lawrenceville,  Ala., 
July  31,  1863.  He  was  graduated 
from  Southern  University  in  June, 
1888,  with  M.  A.  degree,  and  en- 
tered the  ministry.  He  has  besn 
married  twice,  his  first  wife  being 
Miss  Ella  Taylor  and  his  present 
wife  Miss  Mary  White.  He  has 
four  children,  Frank,  Bessie,  Nancy 
and  Anna,  aged  twenty-three,  twen- 
ty-one, nine  and  eight  years,  re- 
spectively. The  degree  of  D.  D. 
was  conferred  on  him  last  year  by 
the  Southwestern  University.  Dr. 
Culver  is  a  Mason  and  a  Democrat. 


J.  p.  Daggett 

P.  DAGGETT  has  been 
a  resident  of  Fort  Worth 
over  half  a  century, 
having  been  born  in 
Tarrant  County  in  1855. 
All  his  life  he  has  been 
interested  in  the  cattle  business  for 
which  Texas  is  famous.  Reared  in 
the  days  when  there  were  no  schools 
in  this  part  of  the  country  he  is  a 
self-made  man  in  a  greater  sense 
than  most  of  the  successful  men  of 
affairs  who  have  that  distinction. 
Not  only  is  his  success  self-made 
but  it  has  not  been  worked  out  under 
the  direction  of  others,  Mr.  Daggett 
never  worked  for  any  man  in  his  life. 
Mapping  out  his  own  affairs,  he  has 
always  been  prominent  in  the  cattle 
trade  both  as  a  ranchman  and  as  a 
livestock  dealer.  He  is  perhaps  the 
oldest  customer  of  the  Fort  Worth 
National  Bank,  having  done  business 
with  the  one  institution  for  35  years. 
Mr.  Daggett  is  fond  of  automobil- 
ing,  being  one  of  the  early  converts 
to  the  automobile  in  Texas.  He  has 
already  owned  four  cars,  all  Buicks. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks.  He  is 
of  Scotch-Irish  descent  and  a  Demo- 
crat, the  son  of  Charles  B.  and  Mary 
A.  Daggett,  his  father  coming  from 
Queenstown,  Canada,  and  his 
mother  from  Marine,  111.  In  1892, 
he  married  Miss  Stella  E.  Zahn.  In 
all  the  time  he  has  been  a  resident  of 
Fort  Worth  his  belief  in  its  ultimate 
commercial  success  never  has  wav- 
ered and  he  has  always  been  an 
active  supporter  of  the  movements 
that  have  assisted  in  bringing  it  to 
its  present  prominent  position 
among  the  municipalities  of  Texas. 


Sam  Davidson 

lAM  DAVIDSON,  capi- 
talist, ranchman  and 
cattle  dealer,  is  one  of 
the  few  Republicans 
who  have  been  placed 
in  a  high  elective  office 
in  Texas.  For  two  years  he  served 
as  member  of  the  Board  of  City 
Commissioners,  being  chosen  without 
opposition  and  retiring  voluntarily  at 
that  time  to  give  greater  attention  to 
his  varied  business  connections. 
Esteemed  equally  by  men  of  all  par- 
ties he  has  been  an  important  factor 
in  Republican  affairs  in  Texas  and 
has  been  honored  with  the  party 
nomination  for  Lieutenant  Governor. 
He  was  made  Census  Supervisor  in 
1910  for  this  Congressional  District, 
and  was  chosen  as  host  to  the  Roose- 
velt party  when  Mr.  Roosevelt,  then 
President,  visited  Fort  Worth.  In- 
terested in  the  cattle  business  prac- 
tically all  of  his  life,  Mr.  Davidson 
has  been  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
the  Texas  Cattle  Raisers'  Associa- 
tion, and  is  a  vice-president  of  that 
influential  body.  As  a  member  of 
the  City  Commission  he  inaugurated 
the  park  movement  through  organi- 
zation of  the  Park  League,  and 
also  put  under  way  the  street 
paving  campaign  that  is  still  going 
forward.  To  aid  it,  he  established 
a  municipal  paving  plant  when  he 
felt  paving  prices  had  gone  too 
high  in  the  city.  He  is  a  Shriner, 
an  Elk  and  a  member  of  the  River 
Crest  Country  Club.  A  heavy  stock- 
holder in  many  of  the  city's  leading 
commercial  and  manufacturing  in- 
stitutions he  is  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr. 
Davidson  is  a  native  of  Prussia,  hav- 
ing been  born  in  that  country  in  1855. 


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W.  J.  Doherty 

ALTER  J.  DOHERTY 
has  incorporated  many 
historical  events  con- 
nected with  Fort  Worth 
in  his  volumes  of  oc- 
casional poems,  a 
number  of  which  commemorate  local 
occurrences  and  give  recognition  to 
the  part  taken  by  the  earlier  resi- 
dents of  the  city  in  its  development. 
The  first  volume  of  his  verse  was 
issued  in  1911,  containing  sixty-six 
of  his  best  known  compositions.  So 
well  were  they  received  that  in  1913 
a  second  volume  comprising  the 
later  poetical  writings  of  Mr.  Doh- 
erty was  published.  In  them  there 
is  displayed  also  the  author's  love  of 
nature  and  the  information  he  has 
obtained  by  his  studies  as  a  nat- 
uralist, to  which  he  devotes  his 
spare  time.  This  time  naturally  is 
limited,  as  his  large  business  inter- 
ests require  much  attention.  He  is 
founder  and  head  of  the  Eagle 
Steam  Bread  Factory,  the  largest 
baking  establishment  in  the  South- 
west, and  is  also  president  of  the 
Palace  of  Sweets,  and  has  made  a 
remarkable  business  success.  Re- 
cently he  has  devoted  considerable 
time  to  the  study  of  economics  and  in 
behalf  of  the  poorer  people  inau- 
gurated a  movement  to  establish  a 
uniform  weight  for  loaves  of  bread. 
Mr.  Doherty  was  born  in  Killarney 
and  educated  at  Belvedere,  Drum- 
condra,  Dublin.  He  is  the  son  of 
Timothy  Doherty  and  Margaret  Gary 
Doherty,  who  also  were  natives  of 
Killarney.  He  is  a  prominent 
example  of  the  successful  men  of  his 
race  in  America  and  one  of  the 
recognized  business  successes  of 
Fort  Worth. 


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Robert  Drumm 

OBERT  DRUMM,  gen- 
eral manager  of  the 
Drumm  Seed  and  Floral 
Company,  is  one  of  the 
men  taking  a  leading 
part  in  the  beautifica- 
tion  of  Fort  Worth  and  its  suburbs. 
His  wide  floral  knowledge  has  been 
a  great  aid  in  the  conduct  of  the 
Fort  Worth  flower  campaigns,  his 
long  residence  in  Texas  and  Fort 
Worth,  to  which  he  came  July  4, 
1881,  making  him  thoroughly  familiar 
with  those  plants  most  suitable  to 
the  Fort  Worth  soil  and  climate.  His 
business  and  hobby  coincide,  cen- 
tering upon  nursery,  seed  and  floral 
work.  Mr.  Drumm  was  born  Febru- 
ary 21,  1853,  in  Warren  County,  New 
Jersey.  His  father,  Thomas  Drumm, 
was  a  native  of  Ireland,  coming  to 
the  United  States  in  1833,  and  set- 
tling in  New  Jersey.  His  mother, 
Sarah  Butler  Drumm,  was  born  in 
New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey.  He 
married  Nannie  James,  member  of 
the  old  Fort  Worth  family  of  that 
name.  Mr.  Drumm  takes  a  lively 
interest  in  fraternal  societies  and  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Elks, 
Knights  of  Columbus,  Woodmen  of 
the  World  and  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  Mr.  Drumm  is 
reckoned  among  the  pioneer  business 
men  of  Fort  Worth  and  has  had  a 
success  in  his  line  of  work  that 
shows  the  wisdom  of  his  judgment 
in  selecting  Fort  Worth  as  a  place 
for  the  establishment  of  a  floral 
business  upon  a  large  scale.  He  is 
highly  popular  as  a  citizen  and  rec- 
ognized as  a  sterling  character 
among  business  men,  as  well  as  an 
expert  horticulturist. 


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A.  J.  Duncan 

p.   DUNCAN,  president 
of  the  Fort  Worth  Power 
and  Light  Company,  has 
been  connected  with  va- 
rious public  utilities   in 
the  city  since  he  came 
here    after    long    connection    as    an 
electrical  engineer  with  big  New  York 
concerns.     He  was   former  manager 
of   the   Citizens   Railway   and    Light 
Company,     operating     the     Rosen 
Heights   and   Arlington    Heights   car 
systems  and  the  extensive  power  and 
light  business  of  that  company.  When 
a   merger   of   the    power   companies 
was  made,  with   the  consent  of  the 
city  commission,   he   was   chosen   to 
manage   the  concern,   and   the   erec- 
tion of  the  mammoth  plant  that  now 
supplies  current  for  many  industrial 
concerns  in  the  city,  as  well  as  for 
many   outlying  sections.     It   is   now 
being  enlarged  and  will  form  one  of 
the    series    of   immense    plants    that 
will  carry  electricity  to  the  farms  as 
well  as  the  cities  of  Texas.     Before 
coming    to    Fort  Worth  Mr.  Duncan 
was  connected  with  a  number  of  im- 
portant Eastern  works  of  note,  among 
them   being   the    New   York   subway 
construction.     Installation  of  an  un- 
derground conduit  system  for  all  the 
business  district  and  the  White  Way 
system  of  lighting.     He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Society  of  Electrical 
Engineers,  a  director  in  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  member  of  the   River 
Crest    Country    Club    and    of    other 
city  clubs.    Mr.  Duncan  is  the  son  of 
Mr.    and   Mrs.    A.   J.    Duncan.     His 
mother  was  a  sister  of  the  late  Pres- 
ident  McKinley.      He    was    born    at 
Pittsburg,  Pa.    He  married  Miss  Van 
Deusen  of  New  York. 


H 

W.  A.  Duringer 

R.  W.  A.  DURINGER, 
though  not  a  native 
Texan,  has  been  a  resi- 
dent of  the  State  since 
1875,  when  the  family 
moved  here  from 
Pinckneyville,  Illinois,  where  he  was 
born  in  1861.  He  has  held  many 
important  posts  here.  He  was  pres- 
ident of  the  Medical  College  for  two 
years  prior  to  its  affiliation  with 
Texas  Christian  University,  and  was 
also  president  of  its  board.  He  is 
professor  of  special  diseases  in  the 
Texas  Christian  University,  chief 
surgeon  of  the  Orient  in  Texas, 
general  surgeon  of  the  Rock  Island, 
division  surgeon  of  the  Frisco,  local 
surgeon  for  the  Katy  and  Central, 
chief  surgeon  for  Armour  &  Co., 
and  consulting  surgeon  of  the  Eagles 
and  life  insurance  examiner  for 
several  companies.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
Texas  State  Medical  Association, 
Tarrant  County  Medical  Association, 
National  Association  of  Railway 
Surgeons,  former  president  of  the 
Frisco  Medical  Association  and  a 
member  of  the  Rock  Island  Medical 
Association.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
Tulane  and  the  Charity  Hospital  of 
New  Orleans.  He  is  a  Knight 
Templar  and  Shriner,  an  Elk  and 
Eagle,  and  a  Pythian.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Hust  LakeArt  Club  and 
a  member  of  the  River  Crest 
Country  Club.  He  is  the  son  of 
Jacob  Duringer  and  Sarah  Duringer. 
He  married  Bernice  J.  Hovey  in 
1897.  They  have  two  children,  Miss 
Elizabeth  H.  Duringer  and  H.  W. 
Duringer. 


W.  R.  Edrington 

ILLIAM  REYNOLDS 
EDRINGTON,  cashier 
of  the  Traders  National 
Bank,  comes  of  a  fam- 
ily noted  in  North 
Texas  financial  and 
social  affairs.  His  father,  Henry  Clay 
Edrington,  still  living  in  Fort  Worth, 
is  known  over  the  entire  State  for 
his  business  ability  as  well  as  for 
the  help  he  has  given  the  Texas 
Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Col- 
lege. His  son  is  following  in  the 
father's  footsteps  in  this  latter 
respect,  for  a  short  time  ago  he  was 
instrumental  in  financing  the  new 
buildings  at  the  big  State  school. 
Mr.  Edrington  was  born  in  Madi- 
son Parish,  Louisiana.  It  was  there 
his  father  was  born  before  him. 
His  mother,  Virginia  Clarke  Edring- 
ton, came  from  Vicksburg,  Missis- 
sippi. The  son  was  educated  for 
the  profession  of  law.  He  is  a 
graduate  of  Fort  Worth  University 
and  of  the  University  of  Virginia. 
He  practiced  law  for  several  years, 
but  gave  up  the  legal  profession  for 
banking  and  became  cashier  of  the 
institution  of  which  his  father  was 
president  and  guiding  spirit.  Mr. 
Edrington  and  Miss  Fannie  Feild 
were  married  October  24,  1903,  and 
have  three  children,  Henry  Clay, 
nineteen  years  old;  Florence,  four- 
teen, and  Mary  Olive,  eleven.  He 
belongs  to  no  political  party  and  has 
never  held  a  public  office  except 
as  member  of  City  Park  Board. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masons, 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  River  Crest 
Country  Club.  He  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  movement  that  led  to  the 
establishment  of  Moslah  Temple, 
Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  and  was 
selected  as  its  first  treasurer. 


C.  O.  Elliott 

HEN  military  affairs  or 
post  office  money  order 
affairs  are  mentioned, 
everybody  in  Fort  Worth 
thinks  of  Carroll  O. 
Elliott.  He  is  a  major  in 
the  Texas  National  Guard  and  super- 
intendent of  the  money  order  division 
and  cashier  of  the  postal  savings 
bank  at  the  local  post  office.  Every- 
where he  is  known  as  Maj.  Cal  El- 
liott. His  prominence  in  military 
affairs  is  not  restricted  to  Ft.  Worth 
and  Tarrant  County,  but  extends  to 
every  part  of  the  Southwest.  Car- 
roll Elliott  is  the  son  of  Benton  R. 
Elliott  and  Harriett  R.  Elliott.  The 
father  was  a  Missourian  and  his 
mother  a  Texan.  He  was  born  in 
Tarrant  County,  obtained  his  educa- 
tion here  and  has  resided  in  Fort 
Worth  practically  all  his  life.  When 
the  Spanish-American  War  began  in 
1898,  Major  Elliott  was  one  of  the 
first  Texans  to  volunteer  for  service 
at  the  front.  He  served  during  this 
brief  struggle  as  first  lieutenant  of 
Company  D,  Second  Texas  Volun- 
teers. Upon  the  return  of  the  troop 
from  the  war,  he  was  elected  captain 
and  two  years  later  was  promoted  to 
major  in  the  National  Guard.  He 
still  holds  this  rank.  Major  Elliott's 
hobby  in  life  is  military  affairs. 
Next  to  that,  he  is  fond  of  his  lodge, 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  of  which  he  is  a  Past  Ex- 
alted Ruler.  On  June  4,  1907,  he 
married  Miss  Elizabeth  B.  Manor  of 
Manor,  Texas.  Establishment  of  the 
postal  savings  bank  has  resulted  in 
a  large  business  in  Fort  Worth  which 
entitles  him  to  recognition  as  a 
banker  of  prominence.  In  his  official 
position  with  the  Texas  militia  he 
is  paymaster  for  a  large  body  of 
troops  and  prominent  in  financial 
affairs  of  the  Panther  City. 


M.  L.  Eppstein 

ILTON  L.  EPPSTEIN, 
lawyer,  banker  and 
merchant,  was  born  at 
St.  Joseph,  Missouri, 
November  30,  1866, 
son  of  Leopold  Epp- 
stein, and  his  mother,  Henrietta 
Westheimer  Eppstein.  The  family 
later  moved  to  Texas,  settling  at 
Denison,  where  the  elder  Eppstein 
established  the  business  which  is 
now  known  in  almost  every  part  of 
the  State — that  of  L.  Eppstein  & 
Sons.  Milton  Eppstein  is  a  trained 
lawyer  as  well  as  a  successful  mer- 
chant and  banker.  However,  he 
follows  the  legal  profession  no 
longer,  devoting  his  time  entirely  to 
his  Fort  Worth  business  interests 
and  to  his  noted  hobby  —  Jersey 
cows.  Speaking  of  the  latter,  he 
owns  one  of  the  finest  stock  farms 
in  the  Southwest,  where  he  spends 
most  of  his  time  after  business 
hours.  Milton  Eppstein  came  to 
Fort  Worth  in  January,  1904,  mov- 
ing here  from  Denison.  Besides 
being  president  of  the  big  wholesale 
liquor  business  on  Throckmorton 
street,  he  is  also  the  Kentucky  dis- 
tiller of  the  famous  brand  of  Jersey 
Cream  whiskey.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Elks  and  other  clubs  and  lodges. 
He  is  a  high  school  and  law  grad- 
uate. He  is  unmarried.  Besides  the 
raising  of  fine  Jersey  cows,  the  Epp- 
stein farm  is  noted  for  its  blooded 
hogs.  In  addition  to  the  flesh  and 
blood  Jersey  cows,  for  which  his 
stock  farm  is  noted,  Mr.  Eppstein 
is  the  owner  of  the  famous  Jersey 
Cream  herd  of  iron  cows  which 
furnished  the  sacred  bovines  that  ac- 
companied the  members  of  the  Fort 
Worth  Ad  Club  to  Toronto  upon  the 
occasion  of  the  national  convention 
of  advertising  men  held  in  that  city 
in  1914.  He  is  known  everywhere 
as  a  genial  companion  and  good  fel- 
low and  has  a  large  host  of 
friends. 


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W.  S.  Essex 

INFIELD  SCOTT  ES- 
SEX, a  capitalist,  and 
one  of  thie  best  known 
members  of  the  Fort 
Worth  bar,  was  born 
in  Morgan  County, 
Ohio.  His  father  was  Nathan  H. 
Essex  and  his  mother  Elizabeth  J. 
Morris.  Both  were  natives  of  East- 
ern Ohio  and  were  members  of  the 
most  respected  families  in  that 
State.  Young  Essex's  ambition  to 
enter  the  legal  profession  led  him  to 
study  first  in  the  law  department  of 
the  University  of  New  York  and 
later  that  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan. He  won  his  degree  from  the 
latter  institution  and  came  to  the 
Southwest  in  1885,  locating  in  Fort 
Worth,  where  he  has  built  up  a  lu- 
crative practice  and  a  splendid  rep- 
utation as  a  citizen.  Mr.  Essex  has 
been  married  twice.  In  1888  he 
married  Miss  Virginia  Tucker  and 
in  1909  Miss  Esther  Cowart.  He 
has  two  children,  a  son  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  and  an  infant  daugh- 
ter. In  1894  the  Democratic  voters 
of  the  Fifth  Ward  elected  Mr.  Essex 
Alderman  and  forced  him  to  remain 
in  the  City  Council  for  four  terms, 
or  until  1898.  He  declined  to  stand 
for  his  fifth  term.  Mr.  Essex  is  a 
member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows  and  of.  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.  He  is  prominent  in  both 
organizations.  Besides  his  legal 
practice,  Mr.  Essex  has  numerous 
other  connections  in  Fort  Worth.  He 
is  president  of  the  Essex  Land  Com- 
pany and  assisted  in  organizing  the 
Germanic  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation and  the  Mutual  Home  Asso- 
ciation. He  is  also  connected  with 
the  Southern  Land  Company,  the 
American  Manufacturing  Company 
and  other  business  and  manufactur- 
ing enterprises  in  Fort  Worth. 


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J.  D.  Farmer 


]AMES  D.  FARMER,  a 
cattleman  since  he  left 
college,  many  years 
ago,  is  the  consistent 
lifetime  record  of 
James  David  Farmer, 
'  now  vice-president  and 

sales  manager  of  the  Rhome-Farmer 
Live  Stock  Commission  Company,  or- 
ganized by  him  in  connection  with 
other  prominent  Fort  Worth  citizens 
on  January  1,  1912,  and  which  has 
been  highly  successful  since  its  or- 
ganization. Mr.  Farmer  is  Tarrant 
County  born  and  reared.  His  father 
is  E.  W.  Farmer,  born  in  Roane 
County,  Tennessee,  in  1831,  and  his 
mother  Sallie  E.  Farmer.  They 
moved  to  Texas  from  Tennessee  two 
years  after  the  Lone  Star  Republic 
became  a  part  of  the  Federal  Union. 
They  settled  in  Tarrant  County, 
where  James  D.  was  born  in  1S58. 
The  best  educational  advantages  then 
found  in  the  young  settlement  were 
his  and  he  was  sent  to  Mansfield 
College.  A  few  years  after  his 
graduation  he  married  Miss  Martha 
C.  Thompson.  Having  entered  the 
cattle  business  in  a  modest  sort  of 
way,  the  establishment  of  the  Hoxie 
packing  house,  the  forerunner  of  the 
giant  Swift  and  Armour  establish- 
ments of  the  present  day,  attracted 
him  and  he  moved  to  North  Fort 
Worth  and  entered  the  live  stock 
commission  business  by  organizing 
the  Fort  Worth  Live  Stock  Commis- 
sion Company,  which  was  the  first 
company  organized  for  the  buying 
and  selling  of  live  stock  on  the  Fort 
Worth  market.  The  business,  to 
which  he  has  devoted  his  life  since 
that  time,  has  proven  highly  suc- 
cessful and  he  is  now  one  of  the 
best  known  commission  men  in  the 
Southwest.  That  Mr.  Farmer  is 
highly  esteemed  and  trusted  by  his 
fellow  citizens  is  evidenced  by  his 
election  as  the  first  Mayor  of  North 
Fort  Worth.  He  is  a  Democrat  and 
served  two  terms  as  that  party's 
Mayor,  and  was  later  largely  in- 
strumental in  bringing  about  a  union 
of  the  city  of  North  Fort  Worth 
with  Fort  Worth  proper.  Nine  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Farmer,  eight  of  whom  are 
living,  as  follows:  Fred  T.,  29;  Min- 
nie C,  27;  A.  Ward,  25;  Jeannette, 
23;  James  D.,  Jr.,  21 ;  Cherokee,  19; 
Henry  J.,  16,  and  Jolly  S.,  14.  Mr. 
Farmer  is  known  to  have  only  one 
hobby — selling  cattle. 


H.  E.  Finney 


ANFORD  EDSON  FIN- 
NEY, former  manager 
of  Armour  and  Com- 
pany in  Fort  Worth, 
was  born  in  Clearfield, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1868. 
His  father,  Asrael  C.  Finney,  came 
originally  from  Meadville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, while  his  mother,  Elizabeth 
Edson  Finney,  was  from  Scottsville, 
New  York.  During  the  short  time 
that  Mr.  Finney  has  resided  in  Fort 
Worth  as  head  of  the  gigantic 
Armour  packing  interests  of  the 
Southwest,  he  has  become  identified 
with  everything  progressive  in  the 
city.  His  motto,  "keeping  some- 
thing going  on,"  has  been  felt  by 
the  entire  business  interests  of  the 
Panther  City.  His  enterprise  be- 
came evident  within  a  short  time 
after  his  arrival  and  his  ability  be- 
came so  pronounced  that  Mr.  Fin- 
ney is  now  rightly  regarded  as 
among  the  first  citizens.  He  is  a 
32°  Mason,  an  Elk,  a  director  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  a  member 
of  the  Fort  Worth  Club,  the  Coun- 
try Club  and  the  Saddle  and  Sir- 
loin Club.  H.  E.  Finney  graduated 
from  the  University  of  Kansas  in 
the  fourth  year  of  its  existence. 
While  in  college  he  was  a  member 
of  the  exclusive  and  widely  known 
Phi  Delta  Theta.  Mrs.  Finney  be- 
fore her  marriage  was  Miss  Annie 
Evelyn  Morris  of  Biddeford,  Maine. 
They  have  three  children,  Edson 
Morris,  nineteen  years  old;  Doro- 
thy Elizabeth,  seventeen,  and  Nancy 
Evelyn,  fifteen.  Recently  Mr.  Fin- 
ney has  been  selected  by  Armour 
and  Company  to  become  their  South 
American  representative,  and  leaves 
this  fall  for  Rio  Janeiro  to  take 
charge  of  the  fast  growing  South 
American  packing  industry. 


C.  W.  Forbes 

HARLES  WESLEY 
FORBES  is  the  dean 
of  the  far-sighted  ar- 
chitects and  builders 
who  are  filling  the 
Texas  cities  with  sky- 
scrapers. He  superintended  the 
erection  of  the  first  eight-story  build- 
ing ever  erected  on  Texas  soil,  the 
Hurley  building,  which,  before  its 
destruction  by  fire,  stood  on  the  site 
of  the  Farmers  &  Mechanics  bank. 
He  has  also  been  a  pioneer  in  the 
movement  for  improved  moral  condi- 
tions, and  in  1892  as  a  private  citi- 
zen led  the  fight  which  with  the  as- 
sistance of  then  County  Attorney  O. 
W.  Gillespie  led  to  the  closing  of  sa- 
loons in  Fort  Worth  on  Sunday.  He 
still  takes  a  deep  interest  in  the  liquor 
problem  and  declares  it  his  hobby 
to  drive  the  saloon  from  the  face 
of  the  earth.  Born  in  Pettis  County, 
Missouri,  Aug.  11,  1856,  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  Texas  35  years  and  of 
Fort  Worth  since  April  5,  1887. 
Though  obliged  to  secure  his  educa- 
tion by  night  study  he  read  law  two 
years  besides  qualifying  himself  as 
an  architect.  He  is  at  present  a 
general  contractor  and  head  of  the 
Forbes  Construction  Co.  of  Los  An- 
geles and  Pasadena,  dividing  his  time 
between  there  and  Fort  Worth. 
His  family,  of  Scotch  ancestry  on 
both  sides,  numbers  many  men  of 
prominence.  Judge  Dijncan  Forbes 
being  his  great-great-grandfather. 
His  father,  Delia  Fletcher  Forbes, 
fifth  son  of  John  Duncan  Forbes, 
served  in  both  the  Mexican  and  the 
Civil  Wars,  being  in  the  Confederacy 
five  years.  Mr.  Forbes'  mother,  Cary 
Ann  Forbes,  was  the  second  daugh- 
ter of  David  Ross  and  was  born 
near  Bowling  Green,  Ky.  He  is  the 
father  of  seven  children,  the  eldest 
twenty-eight  and  the  youngest  ten. 
A  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
South.  He  has  no  lodge  connec- 
tions, belonging  to  his  family  only, 
as  he  puts  it.  His  wife  was  Miss 
Mary  Josephine  McGinnis,  daughter 
of  Judge  C.  C.  McGinnis.  They 
were  married  June  25,  1882. 


W.  C.  Forbess 

ILLIAM  CARROLL 
FORBESS,  former 
general  passenger 
agent  and  now  assist- 
ant manager  of  the 
Northern  Texas  Trac- 
tion Company,  which  operates  the 
Dallas  and  Cleburne  interurbans  as 
well  as  the  Fort  Worth  and  Oak 
Cliff  city  street  railways,  has  farm- 
ing as  his  hobby  and  devotes  much 
time  to  the  advocacy  of  truck  farm- 
ing and  the  possibility  of  bringing 
such  gardens  in  direct  touch  with 
the  tables  of  the  city  by  means  of 
electric  line  transportation.  Born 
in  Huntington,  Tennessee,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1869,  he  is  a  son  of  native 
Tennesseans,  both  his  father,  Seborn 
A.  Forbess,  and  his  mother,  Miss 
America  Wilkes,  having  been  born 
in  the  same  State.  He  married  Miss 
Jennie  May  Davis,  October  19, 
1890,  and  has  two  daughters,  Miss 
Ella  Mae  Forbess  and  Miss  Nona 
Lee  Forbess.  In  politics  Mr.  Forbess 
sticks  to  the  Republican  doctrines,  a 
bit  of  unorthodoxy  that  does  not  in- 
terfere with  his  great  popularity. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  Knights 
of  Pythias,  the  Country  Club,  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  various 
business  and  railway  organizations. 
With  the  completion  of  the  Fort 
Worth-Denton  Interurban,  the  elec- 
tric railway  systems  with  which  he 
is  connected  will  reach  all  of  the 
leading  North  Texas  cities,  forming 
a  chain  of  interurbans  that  puts  Fort 
Worth  in  close  touch  with  all  that 
vast  and  rich  territory.  Operation 
of  the  most  modern  lines  is  his  pro- 
fessional hobby,  and  the  city  and 
interurban  lines  in  the  related  sys- 
tems are  models  of  convenient  and 
comfortable  rapid  transit.  Besides 
his  transportation  interests,  Mr.  For- 
bess has  considerable  real  estate 
holdings  in  Fort  Worth,  and  is  one 
of  the  city's  active  boosters  and 
builders. 


W.  V.  Galbreath 

ARREN  VALETTE 
GALBREATH,  general 
live  stock  agent  of  the 
Missouri,  Kansas  & 
Texas  Railway  system, 
is  a  native  son  of 
Ohio,  having  been  born  at  George- 
town. His  first  work  was  in  the 
banking  business  and  his  preliminary 
success  in  that  was  so  great  that  he 
still  retains  large  financial  holdings 
in  the  North  and  East.  However,  he 
gave  up  the  banking  business  to 
enter  the  employ  of  the  Missouri, 
Kansas  &  Texas.  He  was  given 
charge  of  the  live  stock  department. 
To  him,  more  than  to  anyone  else, 
is  due  the  efficiency  of  this  depart- 
ment. He  is  responsible  for  build- 
ing it.  Mr.  Galbreath  does  most  of 
his  work  from  Fort  Worth,  though 
he  is  required  to  make  frequent 
trips  to  Kansas  City,  St.  Louis,  St. 
Joseph,  San  Antonio  and  elsewhere, 
and  is  known  wherever  the  live  stock 
business  is  known  from  St.  Louis  to 
the  Pacific  coast.  He  came  to  Fort 
Worth  October  1,  1900,  and  has  re- 
sided here  since.  Next  to  his  effi- 
cient service  as  a  live  stock  agent, 
Mr.  Galbreath  is  famed  for  his  horse 
show  generalship.  He  has  built  up 
the  Fort  Worth  show  to  its  present 
high  standing  and  reputation.  Before 
retiring  from  the  Fort  Worth  show, 
Mr.  Galbreath  had  charge  of  five 
different  annual  exhibitions.  He  has 
judged  shows  at  Kansas  City,  St. 
Louis,  State  Fair  of  Missouri,  San 
Antonio,  Denver  and  Chicago.  Mr. 
Galbreath  is  a  graduate  of  Marietta 
College,  Ohio.  He  married  Miss 
Ella  Hall  of  Sedalia,  Missouri. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  River  Crest 
Country  Club,  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, Elks  and  Fort  Worth  Club. 


A.  S.  Goetz 

RTHUR  S.  GOETZ  is 
engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness of  manufacturers' 
agent,  dealing  princi- 
pally in  machinery  and 
ge  n  e  r  a  1  contractors' 
supplies.  He  is  one  of  Fort  Worth's 
most  progressive  citizens,  interested 
in  several  enterprises  and  always 
anxious  to  help  in  the  Panther  City*s 
commercial,  civic  and  social  ad- 
vancement. Arthur  S.  Goetz  was  born 
in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  July  16, 
1863.  His  father,  August  William 
Goetz,  came  to  this  country  from 
his  birthplace  in  Damstadt,  Ger- 
many. His  mother,  Augusta  Goetz, 
was  born  in  Erfurt,  Germany.  The 
parents  were  among  the  earliest  set- 
tlers in  the  city  of  Milwaukee.  The 
son  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Milwaukee.  Mr.  Goetz 
and  Miss  Flora  B.  Jones  of 
Milwaukee  were  married  August 
4,  1886,  before  Mr.  Goetz  came  to 
Texas.  One  daughter,  well  known 
in  Fort  Worth  as  Miss  Florence 
Goetz  and  now  Mrs.  N.  L.  Cort  of 
New  York  City,  has  been  born.  Mr. 
Goetz  takes  an  interest  in  politics 
as  related  to  good  government.  The 
follower  of  the  golden  rule  in  all 
his  business  and  social  duties,  Mr. 
Goetz  applies  to  politics,  "the  best 
man  for  the  place."  He  is  a  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason,  a  Knight 
Templar,  belongs  to  the  Shrine,  K. 
of  P.  and  is  a  past  exalted  ruler 
of  the  B.  P.  O.  E.  He  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  a  consistent  worker  for 
the  upbuilding  of  Texas  and  Fort 
Worth. 


J.  B.  Googins 

B.  GOOGINS,  mana- 
ger of  Swift  &  Co.'s 
Fort  Worth  plant,  was 
born  in  Cliicago  in 
1874.  His  parents 
were  born  in  Maine. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Chicago 
public  schools.  His  first  employ- 
ment was  in  the  Chicago  stockyards 
and  he  has  been  associated  with 
such  interests  as  live  stock  and 
packing  during  much  of  his  life. 
Mr.  Googin's  entry  into  Texas  orig- 
inally was  to  recover  his  health  after 
a  seige  of  pneumonia.  Recuperat- 
ing his  health  in  ranch  life  on  a 
ranch  south  of  San  Antonio,  and 
later  southwest  of  San  Angelo,  he 
returned  to  Chicago  with  his  health 
restored  and  re-entered  the  live 
stock  and  packing  business.  The 
company  into  whose  employ  he  en- 
tered took  over  the  plant  originally 
built  by  John  Hoxie,  Fort  Worth's 
first  packing  plant,  known  as  the 
Fort  Worth  Packing  Company,  and 
Mr.  Googins  returned  to  Texas.  He 
married  Ruth  S.  Swiler  of  Delavan, 
Wisconsin.  Later  he  became  man- 
ager of  the  Chicago  Packing  and 
Provision  Company's  plant  in  St. 
Louis,  and  later  entered  the  employ 
of  Swift  &  Co.  at  Chicago,  as  a  live 
stock  buyer,  serving  in  that  capacity 
for  several  years,  whe-n  he  became 
manager  of  the  company's  Fort 
Worth  plant  at  the  time  of  its  com- 
pletion in  1902.  Most  of  his  busi- 
ness life  has  been  identified  with 
Texas  and  Texas  interests.  There 
are  two  sons  and  one  daughter, 
Ruth,  David  and  John. 


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J.  H.  Green 

NE  man  who  has  a  firm 
faith  in  the  future 
greatness  of  Fort 
Worth  as  the  metrop- 
olis of  the  Southwest 
is  James  H.  Green, 
former  credit  man  and  manager  for 
the  Gamer  Company,  one  of  the 
largest  manufacturing  and  jobbing 
houses  in  Fort  Worth.  He  has  taken 
up  his  residence  here  in  the  belief 
that  the  Panther  City  will  surpass 
all  of  its  rivals  in  the  race  for 
wealth  and  population.  He  has  in- 
vested in  Fort  Worth  real  estate  and 
in  business,  too.  James  H.  Green 
is  a  Texas  product.  He  was  born 
on  a  farm  in  Tarrant  County,  son 
of  W.  P.  Green,  who  came  to  Texas 
from  Mississippi  before  the  Civil 
War,  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Green,  who 
came  from  North  Carolina  during 
the  war.  He  was  born  October  14, 
1880.  Until  he  reached  the  age  of 
seventeen,  young  Green  remained 
on  the  farm  with  his  father  and 
mother.  The  country  schools  af- 
forded him  his  primary  education. 
This  was  tapered  off  with  a  course 
at  the  Sam  Houston  Normal  Insti- 
tute at  Huntsville,  Texas.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Elizabeth  Scherz  of  San 
Angelo,  May  28,  1905,  and  came  to 
Fort  Worth  only  a  short  time  ago. 
They  have  two  children,  a  son,  James 
H.,  Jr.,  four  years,  and  a  daughter 
of  a  year.  Mr.  Green  is  a  Demo- 
crat, dyed  in  the  wool;  an  Odd  Fel- 
low and  a  Woodman.  Work  is  his 
hobby.  Recently  he  became  engaged 
in  insurance  and  investments  and  is 
making  a  success  in  that  as  in  his 
earlier  ventures. 


Leon  Gross 


N  LEON  GROSS,  Fort 
Worth  has  a  progres- 
sive citizen  who  is  al- 
ways alive  to  the  city's 
needs  and  willing  to 
give  his  time  and 
money  to  any  cause  that  has  as  its 
object  the  town's  good.  In  fact — 
town  building  as  distinguished  from 
boosting — is  Mr.  Gross'  pet  hobby. 
Mr.  Gross,  as  president  of  Washer 
Brothers,  has  exemplified  his  spirit 
of  progressiveness  in  the  conduct 
of  his  establishment.  Each  year 
witnesses  another  step  forward — an 
enlargement  or  an  improvement.  In 
1907  Mr.  Gross  was  president  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  and  his  record 
in  the  office  is  attested  to  by  the 
municipal  progress  at  that  time.  Mr. 
Gross  is  a  Tennessean,  having  been 
born  in  Memphis,  August  26,  1866. 
He  moved  to  Texas  early,  settling 
in  Fort  Worth  where  he  has  risen 
from  an  employe  of  the  Washer  store 
to  be  its  president  and  controlling 
factor.  His  parents  were  natives  of 
Bavaria,  Germany.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat,  but  he  has  never 
taken  much  part  in  political  affairs, 
other  than  the  kind  that  meant  for 
the  upbuilding  of  the  city.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Elks,  32°  Mason, 
and  a  Shriner,  a  member  of  the 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  the  United  Benevolent 
Association,  River  Crest  Country 
Club,  Chamber  of  Commerce  and 
various  other  clubs.  Mr.  Gross 
married  Miss  Edith  Mayer  of  this 
city  June  21,  1899.  He  is  the  son 
of  Henry  Gross  and  Mrs.  Jeannette 
Levy  Gross. 


J.  D.  Hagler 

EFFERSON  DAVIS 
HAGLER  is  a  native 
Texan  and  son  of  a 
Texas  pioneer,  his 
fathier,  David  Smitli 
Hagler,  having  come  to 
the  State  from  Alabama  in  1847, 
accompanied  by  his  mother,  Sarah 
M.  Hagler,  who  was  a  native  of 
Tennessee.  Shortly  after  the  birth 
of  the  son,  whom  he  named  for  the 
great  leader  of  the  South,  in  Mon- 
tague County  in  1861,  the  father 
went  to  the  front,  commanding  a 
company  in  the  long  struggle.  Mr. 
Hagler  has  lived  all  the  time  in 
Texas,  much  of  his  life  before  com- 
ing to  Fort  Worth  being  spent  at 
Montague  and  Vernon.  A  frequent 
visitor  in  Fort  Worth  on  cattle  busi- 
ness in  which  he  was  extensively 
engaged,  he  decided  to  move  here 
in  order  to  give  his  sixteen  children 
the  educational  advantages  of  the 
schools  and  colleges  located  here. 
He  accordingly  entered  into  the  land 
and  cattle  brokerage  business,  in 
which  his  wide  acquaintance  among 
cattlemen  has  made  him  notoriously 
successful.  Since  his  marriage  to 
Miss  Cora  Willingham,  sixteen  chil- 
dren have  been  born  to  them.  His  in- 
terest in  their  welfare  is  the  guid- 
ing factor  in  his  life,  as  instanced 
in  his  removal  to  the  city  to  give 
them  educational  advantages,  and 
their  photographs  are  always  seen 
upon  his  desk,  a  constant  reminder 
during  the  business  affairs  of  the 
day.  A  Democrat,  he  has  never 
aspired  to  public  office.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
the  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Elks.  His 
hobby  is  fine  stock. 


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p.  H.  Hamilton 

AUL  H.  HAMILTON, 
southwestern  represen- 
tative of  the  Neptune 
Meter  company  with 
headquarters  in  Fort 
Worth,  has  one  of  the 
most  extensive  and  important  terri- 
tories in  the  United  States.  Because 
of  his  peculiar  abiHty,  his  geniality 
and  affability,  Mr.  Hamilton  has 
one  of  the  largest  acquaintances  in 
the  West.  Everybody  that  knows 
Paul  Hamilton,  likes  him.  Paul 
Hamilton  was  born  in  Trumbul 
county,  Ohio,  the  son  of  Wilson  S. 
and  Mary  Floyd  Hamilton,  natives 
of  that  county.  After  a  course  in 
the  county  schools,  young  Hamilton 
entered  Western  Reserve  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  finishing  his  studies 
there  and  then  embarking  in  the 
waterworks  supply  business.  Ask 
Mr.  Hamilton's  friends,  if  he  has  a 
hobby  besides  the  selling  of  water- 
works supplies  and  they'll  all  tell 
you  that  he  is  more  than  an  ad- 
vocate of  "good  roads  for  Tarrant 
county."  He  is  almost  a  crank  on 
the  question,  if  one  can  be  a  crank 
on  such  a  subject.  He  married  Miss 
Mazie  Brownell,  December  27,  1905. 
Mr.  Hamilton  is  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Fort  Worth  lodge  of  Elks 
and  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution.  -In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat,  but  has  held  no  of- 
fice. Paul  Hamilton  is  a  brother  of 
Grant  E.  Hamilton,  for  twenty-five 
years  Art  Editor  of  Judge.  Re- 
cently he  has  gone  to  Cincinnati, 
and  will  divide  his  time  between 
Fort  Worth  and  that  city.  Next  to 
closing  a  big  business  deal  he  likes 
hunting,  and  is  an  expert  shot. 


J.  S.  Handford 

AMES  STANLEY 
HANDFORD  is  a  de- 
veloper. As  president 
of  the  Arlington 
Heights  Realty  com- 
pany he  has  developed 
one  of  the  most  fashionable  sub- 
urbs in  the  State — Arlington  Heights. 
It  was  the  Arlington  Heights  Realty 
Company  that  laid  out  this  suburb 
and  secured  car  service  connections 
with  the  city  which  finally  was  the 
means  of  the  Northern  Texas  Trac- 
tion company  taking  over  the  street 
car  line,  which  will  mean  greater 
development  for  that  section.  Mr. 
Handford  is  also  prominently  identi- 
fied with  other  business  enterprises. 
He  is  president  of  the  White  River 
Grocery  company,  Batesville,  Ark., 
which  is  one  of  the  largest  whole- 
sale grocery  concerns  in  that  State. 
He  was  also  president  of  the  Bank 
of  Batesville  for  nineteen  years,  re- 
tiring in  1909,  when  his  other  busi- 
ness ventures  required  his  time  and 
presence  elsewhere.  Mr.  Handford 
is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  having 
been  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1854. 
His  father,  Joseph  Handford  and 
his  mother,  Narcissis  P.  Handford, 
were  both  natives  of  Ohio.  Mr. 
Handford  is  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  and  a  Shriner.-  The  develop- 
ment of  Arlington  Heights  alone 
would  be  sufficient  to  secure  for  him 
a  place  among  the  Fort  Worth  men 
of  affairs,  but  he  has  been  promi- 
nent also  in  other  steps  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  city  in  which  he 
has  made  heavy  investments. 


C.  W.  Harkrider 

^OKE   W.    HARKRIDER 
was   born   at   El    Paso, 
Arkansas,     June     5, 
1871,  the  son   of  Wil- 
liam   H.    and    Martha 
Harkrider.     The  Hark- 
rider  family   was    among   the    early 
ones    to    settle    in    Virginia,    having 
come  from  Germany.     With  his  op- 
portunities for  an  education  limited 
to    the    small    country    free    school, 
and   the   responsibility   of   educating 
a    younger    sister,    Coke    Harkrider 
began  the  battle  of  life  at  the  age 
of  fourteen  as  clerk  and  bookkeeper 
in  a  country  store  in  Arkansas.  Later 
he  took  up  insurance  work  and  met 
with  such   success   that  in    1893   he 
was   one   of   the   leading   field   men 
for  the   New  York  Life.     Later,   he 
became  general  agent  for  this  com- 
pany  in   Western   Texas,   and   when 
it  withdrew  from  Texas  was  writing 
above  two   millions  annually   in   in- 
surance.    The  year   1909  found  Mr. 
Harkrider    crystallizing    a    plan    for 
forming  a  large  trust  company,  the 
result  of  which  was  the  successful 
organization    by    himself    and    asso- 
ciates  of   the    Bankers   Trust    Com- 
pany.   Later,  realizing  the  great  need 
of    a    large    bonding    and    casualty 
insurance    company,    he    and    asso- 
ciates organized  the   Commonwealth 
Bonding     and     Casualty     Insurance 
Company.      He   is   now   engaged    in 
the  stock  and  bond  business  through 
the   firm   of   Harkrider   &   Company, 
of  which   he   is   the   president.      He 
has  during  the  past  two  years  been 
engaged  in  the  formation  and  man- 
agement   of    several    oil    producing 
companys,    among    them    the    John 
Scharbauer  Oil  Co.,  of  which  he  is 
vice-president  and  general  manager, 
the  Four  Sands  Oil  Co.,  of  which  he 
is  secretary,  and  a  number  of  others. 
Mr.     Harkrider    is     a     thirty-second 
degree     Mason,     belonging     to     the 
Scottish  Rite  Consistory,  and  Moslah 
Shrine.     He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Elks  and  treas- 
urer   Rotary    Club.      His    hobby    is 
co-operation.    Mr.  Harkrider  married 
Miss     Carrie     Rebecca     Rollins     of 
Abilene,  Texas,  in  1896.     They  have 
three  children,  two  boys  and  a  girl, 
17,  14,  8. 


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W.  H.  Harris 

F  W.  HOLT  HARRIS 
were  not  so  busy  mak- 
ing business  for  the 
Burton  Dry  Goods 
Company  the  fraternal 
and  civic  organizations 
to  which  he  belongs  would  keep  him 
busy.  Mr.  Harris  belongs  to  about 
fifty-seven  varieties  of  such  organ- 
izations and  he  is  a  loyal,  active 
booster  in  each.  Here  are  just  a 
few  of  them:  Fort  Worth  Lodge 
124  Benevolent,  Protective  Order  of 
Elks;  Masons,  (both  routes,  32nd 
degree  and  Shriner) ;  Ancient  Order 
United  Workmen;  Knights  lof  the 
Maccabees;  Chamber  of  Commerce; 
Advertising  Men's  Club,  Rivercrest 
Country  Club  and  Bovinians.  In 
the  Elks,  Mr.  Harris  is  a  member  of 
the  finance  committee.  He  is  a 
past  master  of  Spring  Palace  lodge, 
A.  O.  U.  W. ;  past  conductor  Worth 
Tent,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees; 
director  in  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce; first  vice-president  of  the 
Ad  Club  and  a  member  of  the  Bovin- 
ians' finance  committee.  Warren 
Holt  Harris — to  give  him  his  full 
name — was  born  in  Tarrant  County, 
May  23,  1873,  the  son  of  Stephen 
L.  and  Elizabeth  Holt  Harris.  His 
parents  were  early  settlers  in  Texas, 
his  father  having  come  to  the  State 
when  but  two  years-  of  age.  His 
early  education  was  secured  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  county  and 
practically  all  of  his  life  has  been 
spent  here  and  in  North  Texas 
where  he  has  always  been  prominent- 
ly identified  with  business  enterpris- 
es. Mr.  Harris  was  formerly  manager 
of  the  North  and  Northwest  Texas 
division  of  the  Pierce-Fordyce  Oil 
Association.  In  1894  Mr.  Harris 
married  Miss  Mattie  Hurdleston  of 
Fort  Worth.  They  have  one  child, 
Annie  Maud,  aged  fifteen.  He  has 
recently  become  a  resident  of  Dal- 
las, being  chosen  general  manager 
of  the  large  wholesale  department  of 
the  Burton  Company. 


L.  L.  Hawes 


OWMAN     L.    HAWES, 
president    of    one    big 
Fort     Worth     company 
and  secretary-treasurer 
of  another,   is   a   Ken- 
tuckian.     He  was  born 
at    Minerva,    Kentucky,    August    18, 
1866,    of    distinguished    lineage,   his 
great-grandfather  having  been   Lord 
Brown  of  the  English  peerage.    His 
father  was  John  Brown  Hawes,  born 
at  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  May  8,   1823, 
and   his   mother,   Mary    Haley,   born 
in  Mason  County,  Kentucky,  in  1840. 
Mr.    Hawes    received    his    education 
in    Lexington,    Kentucky,    where    he 
shaped  himself  for  his  later  success- 
ful  business   career   in   Fort   Worth. 
His   first  business  in  this  city   was 
the  handling  of  fuel.     Later,  he  be- 
came  engaged   in   the   lumber  busi- 
ness   as    president   of    the     Kelsay- 
Hawes  Company,  which  position  he 
still   retains.     A   few   years   ago   he 
embarked   in   the   wholesale   grocery 
business     as    secretary-treasurer   of 
the  Hunt-Hawes   Company,  occupy- 
ing  magnificent    quarters     on     East 
Seventh    Street.      In    each    of    these 
lines  Mr.  Hawes  has  prospered.    He 
was  married  December  4,   1903,  and 
has  two  sons,  one  six  and  the  other 
eight.     Mr.    Hawes   makes   one   line 
of  business  a  hobby,  that  of  lumber. 
In  addition   to  his  other"  lumber  in- 
terests he  is  president  of  the  L.  C. 
Malone    Lumber    Company,    and   is 
heavily    interested     in     Fort    Worth 
property    investments,    in    which     he 
has  been  singularly  successful.  Never 
an  office  seeker,  he  has  taken  a  keen 
interest  in   politics   and   city   affairs. 
He   is   a   member   of   the    Elks   and 
Knights  of  Pythias. 


J.  F.  Henderson 


OHN  F.  HENDERSON, 
division  commercial 
superintendent  of  the 
Southwestern  T  e  1  e- 
graph  and  Telephone 
Company  with  head- 
quarters in  Fort  Worth,  with  a  juris- 
diction covering  a  wide  range  of  the 
Southwest,  is  as  well  known  as  any 
man  in  Fort  Worth,  public  or  other- 
v;ise.  He  served  in  a  public  ca- 
pacity, as  an  alderman,  many  years 
ago  and  made  such  a  good  alderman 
that  he  was  forced  to  remain  in 
office  ten  successive  years.  No 
wonder  he  couldn't  escape  office, 
though,  for  Mr.  Henderson  admits 
that  his  hobby  in  life  is  to  please. 
He  was  born  in  Clinton,  Tennessee, 
descendant  of  the  sturdy  Scotch-Irish 
stock  that  reclaimed  the  State  from 
the  savages  and  moved  the  Ameri- 
can frontier  outposts  further  west. 
His  father  was  William  Henderson 
and  his  mother  Martha  Henderson, 
both  of  whom  were  born  in  the 
town  of  Clinton.  Young  Hender- 
son came  to  Fort  Worth  many  years 
ago  as  a  representative  of  the  tele- 
phone company  and  has  steadily  ad- 
vanced in  his  chosen  work  since 
coming  here.  He  has  been  manager 
of  the  local  exchange  and  by  suc- 
cessive stages  has  advanced  to  the 
important  post  of  division  commer- 
cial superintendent  in  the  reorgani- 
zation plan  of  six  years  ago.  Mr. 
Henderson  and  Miss  Martha  Ander- 
son were  married  in  1895.  They 
have  no  children.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  and  Elks,  and  is  a 
prominent  Rotarian  and  Ad  Man.  No 
Fort  Worth  Trade  Excursion  misses 
him  in  its  list  of  travelers. 


E.  C.  Hoadley 

EW  big  buildings  have 
been  erected  in  Texas 
during  the  past  twelve 
years  without  Edward 
Copland  Hoadley  being 
connected  with  them  in 
some  wise.  He  was  organizer  and 
President  of  the  Fort  Worth  Builders 
Supply  Company  for  ten  years,  but 
recently  sold  his  interests  in  that 
company,  and  is  now  Vice-President 
and  General  Manager  of  the  Texas 
Clay  Products  Company,  which  has 
the  most  modern  fire-proofing  plant  in 
the  Southwest,  manufacturing  hollow 
building  tile,  partition  blocks,  silo 
blocks,  drain  tile,  face  brick  and  fire 
brick.  Mr.  Hoadley  was  born  at 
Lewes,  England,  he  being  of  Scotch- 
English  ancestry.  Twelve  years  ago 
he  came  to  Texas,  taking  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Fort  Worth.  For  two  years 
he  acted  as  the  Southwestern  Rep- 
resentative of  the  Kelley  Island 
Lime  and  Transport  Company  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio.  Ten  years  ago, 
however,  he  resigned  this  important 
post  to  organize  the  concern  of 
which  he  was  the  head.  Mr.  Hoadley 
married  Miss  Edna  Tidball,  member 
of  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known 
families  in  Fort  Worth.  One  child 
has  been  born  to  them,  Suzanne 
Austin,  eight  years  of  age.  Mr. 
Hoadley  is  a  member -of  the  River 
Crest  Country  Club.  He  is  an  en- 
thusiastic golfer  and  follower  of 
other  outdoor  sports.  Before  his 
present  business  connections  were 
made,  Mr.  Hoadley  was  general 
manager  of  the  Malakoff  Press  Brick 
Company,  of  which  he  was  the 
organizer. 


F.  P.  Hopkins 

RED  P.  HOPKINS, 
first  vice-president  and 
treasurer  of  the  North 
Fort  Worth  Townsite 
Company,  was  born  in 
Chicago,  Illinois,  De- 
cember 23,  1861.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  Duchess  county,  New  York, 
and  his  mother  was  born  in  Mon- 
treal, Canada.  She  is  still  living,  at 
the  age  of  eighty-seven,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  her  son's  household  in  Fort 
Worth.  Mr.  Hopkins  graduated 
from  the  Palatine  High  School  and 
from  the  Union  College  of  Law  in 
Chicago.  He  became  a  member  of 
the  Phi  Delta  Phi  while  in  the  law 
school.  Ever  since  he  was  able  to 
sign  his  name  to  a  receipt  he  has 
been  in  the  real  estate  business,  and 
in  that  line  has  made  a  great  suc- 
cess in  handling  the  business  of 
the  Townsite  Company  here.  The 
extent  of  his  public  office  holding 
has  been  the  post  of  school  trus- 
tee and  Treasurer  in  North  Fort 
Worth  when  that  section  was  an 
independent  school  district.  Work 
of  this  kind  has  intensely  interested 
Mr.  Hopkins.  He  gave  much  atten- 
tion to  educational  affairs  on  the 
North  Side  and  was  instrumental  in 
building  up  the  kindergarten  system 
there.  This  latter  was  made  a  part 
of  the  North  Side  public  schools 
even  before  the  city  proper  took 
such  action.  He  was  married  Dec- 
ember 26,  1889,  to  Miss  Lydia  G. 
Kidder,  of  Davenport,  Iowa.  His 
family  now  includes  two  daughters 
and  a  son.  The  daughters  are 
Misses  Freda  and  Catherine,  and 
the  son  is  Ralph  G.  Hopkins.  The 
latter  returned  this  summer  from 
a  year  at  the  Roycroft  School  of 
Life  for  Boys.  It  is  Elbert  Hub- 
bard's school  at  East  Aurora,  New 
York,  where  schoolroom  and  outdoor 
and  shop  work  are  mingled  with 
study  and  play.  Mr.  Hopkins  is  a 
firm  believer  in  fraternal  organiza- 
tions. He  belongs  to  Marine  Lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Julian  Feild 
Masonic  Lodge,  Modern  Woodmen 
of  America,  Columbian  Knights  of 
Chicago,  and  other  organizations. 


S.  B.  Hovey 


MITH  B.  HOVEY, 
known  as  the  man  who 
built  the  Rock  Island 
into  Fort  Worth,  now 
a  prominent  stockman, 
adjuster  and  lately 
receiver  of  the  Orient,  is  a  member 
of  an  old  York  State  family  and  has 
the  blood  of  empire  builders  in  his 
veins.  He  himself  was  born  in 
Newark,  Tioga  County,  New  York. 
His  father,  Calvin  Hovey,  was  a 
native  of  the  same  State  as  also  was 
his  mother,  Mary  S.  Hovey.  Both 
were  born  in  Broom  County.  As  a 
youth,  he  was  sent  to  Homer  Acad- 
emy at  Homer,  New  York,  from 
which  institution  he  was'  graduated 
in  1863.  He  entered  railroad  ser- 
vice in  1871  as  a  switchman  and 
clerk  for  the  Chicago  and  North- 
western since  which  time  he  had 
been  consecutively  train  baggage 
master,  freight  brakeman,  freight 
and  passenger  conductor,  claim 
agent,  trainmaster  and  division  sup- 
erintendent of  the  Rock  Island  and 
Pacific,  division  superintendent  of 
the  Western  Division  of  the  same 
road  and  division  superintendent  of 
the  Southwestern  division.  From 
1892  to  1906  he  was  vice  president 
and  general  superintendent  of  the 
Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Texas  and 
the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  and  Gulf 
into  which  the  former  was  merged  in 
1903.  Mr.  Hovey  and  Miss  E.  J. 
Onderdonk  were  married  in  1869. 
Mrs.  W.  A.  Duringer  of  Fort  Worth 
is  their  only  daughter.  The  raising 
of  blooded  stock  has  always  been 
a  hobby  with  Colonel  Hovey  and 
upon  leaving  the  vice-presidency  of 
the  Rock  Island  he  devoted  much 
time  to  this  and  is  now  a  successful 
breeder.  Prize  stock  is  his  hobby. 
If  there  was  such  a  party  as  "For 
the  Good  of  Fort  Worth,"  Colonel 
Hovey  would  be  a  charter  member. 
But  there's  not,  so  he  votes  the  ticket 
which  he  thinks  the  best  for  his 
city. 


William  James 

ILLIAM  JAMES,   presi- 
dent   of     the     James, 
and    Schow    Company, 
Jamestown,     on     the 
Interurban,     was    born 
at  Greenville,  Alabama, 
March    24,    1862.      His    father   was 
Thomas  Randle  James,  whose  birth- 
place was  in  Jones  county,  Georgia; 
his  mother  was   Mary  Jane   Hager- 
man  of  Talberton   County,  Georgia. 
The  future  Texas  harness  manufac- 
turer had  all   of  his  schooling  con- 
fined to  a  few  brief  years  at  Green- 
ville,  Alabama,    where    he    attended 
the  common  schools.     He  was  a  stu- 
dent  for   four  years,   from   eight   to 
twelve.     That  ended  his  school  edu- 
cation, the  rest  being  gained  by  ex- 
perience and  by  his  successful  battle 
with   the   world.      Colleges,   he   con- 
siders useful  for  ornamentation  only. 
In    business,    Mr.   James    has    pros- 
pered  until   now  he   is   at   the   head 
of  one  of  the  biggest  manufacturing 
plants  of  its  kind  in  Texas.    Though 
an  influential   Democrat  all  his  life 
in    a    Democratic    community,     Mr. 
James    has    never    sought    political 
honor    and    his    office    holding    has 
been  limited  to  the  position  of  school 
trustee.     Mr.  James  has  been  prom- 
inently  identified   with   Masonic   af- 
fairs   in    Texas    and   Is    past    grand 
master  of  the  State.     Mr.  and  Mrs. 
James  have  four  children,  aged  re- 
spectively     twenty-six,      seventeen, 
eight  and  three.     The  great  harness 
manufacturer   admits    that    his    only 
hobby   is   "work."     Upon   the   insti- 
tution   of    Moslah    Temple     Shrine, 
in  Fort  Worth,  Mr.  James  was  chosen 
Chief  Rabban,  an  honor  which  places 
him   next   in   line   to  become   Poten- 
tate.    He  is  a  consistent  booster  for 
Fort  Worth  and  one  of  its  chief  trade 
exponents  upon  trade  excursions  of 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 


Hugh  Jamieson 

UGH  JAMIESON, 
clothier,  is  one  of  Fort 
Worth's  young  business 
men  who  believes  in 
doing  things.  Though 
conducting  a  store  of 
his  own  less  than  five  years,  he  has 
built  up  a  splendid  trade  as  well  as 
reputation  in  Fort  Worth.  Of  all  the 
enterprises  started  last  year  in  the 
Panther  City,  not  one  missed  Hugh 
Jamieson  as  a  booster,  working  con- 
tinually for  the  upbuilding  of  his 
adopted  city.  Hugh  Jamieson  is  of 
Scotch  ancestry.  His  father,  Philip 
Jamieson,  and  his  mother,  Dorcas 
Wilson,  were  born  in  Edinburgh,  but 
moved  to  Canada  before  Hugh  was 
born  at  Toronto,  in  1876.  When  only 
sixteen  years  of  age,  young  Jamieson 
was  graduated  from  Upper  Canada 
College  at  Toronto  and  a  few  years 
later  came  to  Texas,  going  to  Gal- 
veston. There  he  married  Miss 
Cecilia  Seal  in  1902.  Mr.  Jamieson 
was  in  Fort  Worth  a  number  of  years 
before  embarking  in  business  for 
himself.  The  firm  originally  was 
known  as  Jamieson  &  Miller,  but 
now  is  Jamieson-Diggs.  After  busi- 
ness hours,  you'll  find  Hugh  Jamie- 
son almost  as  busy  as  when  you  en- 
ter his  "Bright  Spot"  store  down 
town.  He  is  a  dog  fancier  and  a 
dog  breeder.  His  kennels  of  bull 
dogs  are  known  everywhere.  That's 
his  recreation  and  his  hobby.  Mr. 
Jamieson  is  a  member  of  the  Elks, 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Ad  Club  and 
associated  with  all  the  Fort  Worth 
development  organizations.  As  presi- 
dent of  the  Fort  Worth  Ad  Club  he 
headed  the  large  delegation  that 
attended  the  Toronto  convention  and 
secured  recognition  of  the  Fort 
Worth  Truth  Emblem  plan.  Truth 
in  advertising  is  his  greatest  busi- 
ness motto. 


Dr.  Clay  Johnson 

R.  CLAY  JOHNSON, 
surgeon  of  Fort  Worth, 
was  born  at  Dawson- 
ville,  Georgia,  January 
2,  1867.  His  parents 
were  sturdy  stock  from 
the  Carolinas,  the  father,  Samuel  C. 
Johnson,  coming  from  North  Caroli- 
na, and  the  mother,  Emily  M.  John- 
son, being  a  native  of  South  Carolina. 
The  family  left  the  Carolinas  for 
Georgia,  where  their  son  was  born. 
Dr.  Johnson  received  his  profes- 
sional degree  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
four,  finishing  his  course  at  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  in  1891.  Miss 
Alice  Jester  and  Dr.  Johnson  were 
married  in  Corsicana  in  1898.  Four 
children  have  followed  the  union, 
aged  eleven,  eight,  four  and  six 
years.  Dr.  Johnson  is  owner  of  the 
sanitarium  at  Sixth  and  Lamar 
streets,  bearing  his  name.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Tarrant  County  and 
Texas  State  Medical  associations. 
While  never  taking  an  active  part 
in  political  matters,  he  consented 
upon  the  urging  of  prominent  citi- 
zens to  permit  the  use  of  his  name 
as  a  candidate  for  membership  on 
the  city  school  board  and  was  chosen 
without  opposition.  The  Fort  Worth 
school  buildings  have"  attracted  the 
attention  of  civic  and  professional 
publications  in  all  parts  of  the 
United  States,  their  modern  sanita- 
tion, lighting  and  ventilation  being 
among  the  features  that  have  been 
complimented  so  highly.  Dr.  John- 
son served  the  city  also  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  advisory  committee  of 
physicians  that  helped  guard  Fort 
Worth  against  a  scourge  of  menin- 
gitis when  that  disease  caused 
heavy  losses  in  Texas,  and  has  al- 
ways been  ready  to  render  public 
service  for  the  city. 


G.  B.  Johnson 

lEORGE  B.  JOHNSON, 
superintendent  of  the 
joint  track  of  tlie  Katy 
and  Texas  &  Pacific 
Railways,  is  one  of  the 
^  railroad    men    of    Fort 

Worth  who   have   become   interested 
in  the  city's  various  institutions  in  a 
financial  way.  Mr.  Johnson  was  born 
at   Bonaparte,   Iowa,  July    14,    1865. 
He   attended    the    public    schools    in 
Bonaparte    and    learned    telegraphy 
there.      He    began    railroading    with 
the   Rock   Island   going   then   to   the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  and 
coming     to     Fort     Worth     in     1883 
as    an   operator   in    the    dispatcher's 
office   of   the   Missouri   Pacific.     In 
1884  he  became  train  dispatcher.  At 
that  time  he  was  the  youngest  train 
dispatcher   in    the    State.      He    went 
to   the    Denver   as   chief   dispatcher, 
in  1889,  remaining  with  that  road  un- 
til   1891.     The    Katy    and    Texas    & 
Pacific,    formerly    united    under   the 
Missouri  Pacific,  were  separated  by 
that  time  and    1891   he  became  dis- 
patcher for  their  joint  track,  and  in 
1892  became   chief  dispatcher.     He 
remained  chief  dispatcher  until  1909, 
when    he   was   made   superintendent 
upon  the  resignation  of  W.  S.  Pol- 
hemus,  after  having  been  chief  dis- 
patcher   of    this    same    division    for 
practically     seventeen     years.       Mr. 
Johnson  is  a   prominent  member   of 
the     Knights     of    Pythias     and     has 
served   as   chairman    of   the    finance 
committee   of   the   Grand   Lodge    for 
thirteen   years.      His   home   was   one 
of  those  destroyed  in  the  fire  which 
swept  the  South   Side   in    1909,   and 
he    started    the    rebuilding    activity 
with    a    two-story     brick     apartment 
house.     He  is  a  stockholder  in  sev- 
eral   of    the    city    and    out-of-town 
banks   and   a   director  in   the   Conti- 
nental Bank  and  Trust  Company  and 
of  the  First  Guaranty  State  Bank  of 
Collinsville.     He  married  Miss  Allie 
M.   Hanback  of  Bonaparte,  Iowa,  in 
1887.     They  have  two  sons,  George 
A.  and  William  A.  Johnson. 


S.  L.  Johnson 

INCH   Sam   L.   Johnson 
of  the  Texas  Bitulithic 
Company  came  to  Fort 
Worth,     the     P  a  n  - 
ther    City    has    earned 
its    fame    as    the    best 
paved  and  most  rapidly  paving  city 
in    the     Southwest.      Whether     Mr. 
Johnson's    arrival    had    anything    to 
do  with  this  sudden  and  substantial 
start  in  municipal  progress  and  beau- 
ty is  a  matter  that  can't  be   deter- 
mined either  way.  But  this  much  is 
certain,   Mr.   Johnson   has   suddenly 
become  one  of  the  best  known  and 
best  liked    young    business    men    in 
Fort  Worth.       He  was  born  in  Top- 
sham,    Maine,    July    9,    1878.      His 
father  was  Samuel  E.  Johnson  and 
his  mother  Johanna  P.  Johnson.  The 
Johnsons     were      of     revolutionary 
stock,    for    their    forefathers    fought 
with  Washington,  Putnam  and  other 
heroes    of    1776-81.      Coming    from 
such  a  sturdy  family,  it  was  no  won- 
der the  young  Johnson,  who  came  to 
Texas  in  1906  with  the  Texas  Bitu- 
lithic  Company,   succeeded.      He   is 
now  manager  of  the  important  Fort 
Worth    company   and   has   earned    a 
splendid  reputation  for  integrity  and 
ability  in  the  business  world  of  the 
Southwest.  In  politics,  Sam  Johnson 
is  a  Democrat  and  though   never  a 
seeker   after  or   a   holder  of   public 
office,   his   influence   in    Fort   Worth 
has  always  been  thrown  to  the  party 
"demanding  a  square  deal  and  hon- 
est administration."     He  is  a  mem- 
ber   of    the    Elks,    the    Chamber    of 
Commerce,  Rotary  Club,  and  is  with- 
out a  hobby.     He  married  Miss  Ada 
Darter,   daughter   of   W.   A.    Darter, 
September  10,  1912.    They  have  one 
daughter,  Ada  Darter  Johnson,  born 
August  31,  1913. 


R.  M.  Kelso 

OBERT    M.    KELSO, 
general  manager  of  the 
Empire  Grain  company 
of   Fort  Worth,   is   one 
of    the    prominent    fig- 
ures  in   this   important 
business   in   the   Southwest.     At  the 
head  of  a  big  concern,  he  wields  an 
immense  commercial  influence  both 
in   Fort   Worth    and    other   parts    of 
the  grain  belt.     Mr.  Kelso  was  born 
September  29,    1863,  at  Fayetteville, 
Tennessee.      His    father,    James    C. 
Kelso,    was    a    native    of    the    same 
Tennessee    town,   while   his   mother, 
Elizabeth  Kelso,  came   from  Hunts- 
ville,  Alabama.     Mr.   Kelso   has   al- 
ways been   more   or   less  prominent 
in    Texas    affairs    and    at    one    time 
was  well  known  politically.     He  has 
been  a  life-long  Democrat  and  came 
from     an     old     Democratic     family. 
Former  Governor  Charles  A.  Culber- 
son   appointed    him    Lieutenant-Col- 
onel on  his  staff,  in  which  post  of 
honor  he   served    for   a    number    of 
years.    Mr.  Kelso  married  Miss  Hen- 
rietta Hogg  of  Denton,  Texas.    They 
have  three  daughters  and  a  son.     In 
recent  years  he  has  taken  no  prom- 
inent part  in  politics  and  never  has 
sought    public    office,    confining    his 
energies   to    his     extensive   business 
undertakings.      He     has,      however, 
taken    an     active     interest     in     the 
measures  that  tend  to  the  upbuilding 
of  the  city  and  State  and  is  looked 
upon   as   one   of  Fort  Worth's  most 
progressive  citizens.   Mr.  Kelso's  res- 
idence  is    at   2300   Lipscomb   street, 
one   of   the   choice   locations   of  the 
South    Side.       His    acquaintanceship 
is  one  of  the  most  extended  in  the 
city. 


Edgar  Kerr 


! 

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■  ^  ^  ^t 

DGAR  KERR,  cattle 
speculator,  pro  b  a  b  1  y 
has  bought  more  cattle 
in  the  past  few  years 
than  than  any  other 
person  on  the  Fort 
Worth  market.  Certainly,  he  topped 
the  buyers  in  1910  with  92,000  head 
and  outdistanced  most  every  one 
with  72,000  head  in  1909.  Mr.  Kerr 
was  born  and  reared  in  Texas.  Fan- 
nin county  is  his  birthplace  and 
1873  is  his  birth  year.  His  father 
was  Robert  Kerr  and  his  mother, 
Sallie  Kerr.  The  former  came  to 
Texas  from  Tennessee,  meeting  his 
wife  in  this  state  and  marrying  her 
here.  The  Kerrs  are  of  Irish  stock. 
The  cattle  business  has  been  Mr. 
Kerr's  life  vocation.  He  entered  it 
over  twenty  years  ago  and  has  been 
eminently  successful.  Besides  his 
prosperous  operations  in  Fort  Worth, 
he  has  acquired  a  big  ranch  in  Ok- 
lahoma and  two  in  Tarrant  county, 
Texas.  The  latter  alone  represents 
1,200  acres,  a  size  unusual  in  this 
section  of  the  State.  Mr.  Kerr  has 
resided  in  Fort  Worth  seven  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks  lodge 
here  and  is  a  Mason,  as  well  as  a 
member  of  the  unique  Saddle  and 
Sirloin  club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat. Six  children  have  been  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kerr.  The  latter 
was  Miss  Louie  Runnells.  The 
children  are  Dewit,  Adelia,  Zola,  Jay, 
Ileta  and  Leslie.  Mr.  Kerr's  hobby 
is  riding  horses. 


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F.  M.  Kuhlman 

IHEN  Fred  M.  Kuhl- 
man of  Huntington,  In- 
diana, moved  to  Texas 
twenty-two  years  ago, 
tlie  Lone  Star  State 
welcomed  a  son  of  one 
of  Indiana's  pioneer  residents,  Fred- 
erick Kuhlman.  Fred  Kuhlman, 
prominent  paving  contractor  of  this 
city,  was  born  in  Huntington,  In- 
diana, May  26,  1866.  He  is  the  son 
of  Frederick  Kuhlman  and  Verena 
Long  Kuhlman,  members  of  old 
Hoosier  state  families.  Young  Kuhl- 
man, came  to  Texas  when  but  twen- 
ty-six years  of  age.  He  moved  to 
Fort  Worth  two  years  later  and  has 
resided  here  continuously  twenty 
years.  His  work  as  a  contractor, 
however,  has  not  been  restricted  to 
Fort  Worth  nor  to  paving.  He  has 
erected  many  structures,  as  well  as 
paved  many  streets  over  the  State  in 
these  twenty  years.  Mr.  Kuhlman 
is  noted  for  his  hobby — motoring. 
He  enjoys  the  streets  which  he  has 
built  about  as  much  as  anybody  else. 
His  sole  connection  with  secret  so- 
cieties and  lodges  is  his  membership 
in  the  Mystic  Knights  of  Bovinia, 
the  organization  peculiar  and  native 
to  Fort  Worth.  He  is  a  Democrat 
and  unmarried.  Arnong  the  recent 
Fort  Worth  improvements  in  which 
he  has  taken  part  is  the  West 
Seventh  Street  Viaduct  that  helps 
form  the  continuous  motorway  from 
the  heart  of  the  city  to  Arlington 
Heights  and  other  suburbs  on  the 
west.  As  a  contractor  he  has  made 
a  noted  success  in  Fort  Worth. 


N.  H.  Lassiter 

EWTON  HANCE  LAS- 
SITER, railroad  attor- 
ney and  insurance 
company  pres  i  d  e  n  t , 
was  born  near  Lexing- 
ton, Tennessee,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1862,  the  son  of  Henry 
Lassiter  and  Eliza  Lassiter.  His 
father  was  a  native  of  North  Caro- 
lina, and  his  mother  a  native  of 
Tennessee.  He  was  graduated  from 
Cumberland  University,  Lebanon, 
Tennessee  in  1881.  In  1885  he  locat- 
ed in  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  at  which 
place  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  law  ever  since.  The  Board 
of  Trade  complimented  him  with  its 
presidency  in  1911,  and  his  term 
was  noted  for  the  progress  the  city 
made.  Upon  his  retirement,  a  ban- 
quet was  tendered  him  by  the  citi- 
zenship, at  which  a  handsome  testi- 
monial was  presented.  In  the  early 
90's  he  served  two  terms  as  city 
alderman.  At  the  present  time  he 
is  General  Attorney  of  The  Chicago, 
Rock  Island  &  Gulf  Railway  com- 
pany and  of  The  Trinity  &  Brazos 
Valley  Railway  company,  and  pres- 
ident of  the  Fort  Worth  Life  Insur- 
ance company.  He  married  Miss 
Elizabeth  Davis  in  Fort  Worth  July 
9th,  1890.  Two  children  have  been 
born,  Helen  Davis  Lassiter,  age  21, 
and  Henry  Ruth  Lassiter,  age  18. 
"Fishing  for  bass"  is  Ihis  second 
love  and  main  hobby.  His  interest 
in  the  advancement  of  Fort  Worth 
has  not  decreased  since  his  retire- 
ment as  head  of  the  commercial 
body,  and  he  was  one  of  the  most 
active  spirits  in  securing  the  Denton 
interurban.  He  served  also  as  one 
of  the  Advisory  Committee  on  con- 
struction of  Lake  Worth  and  the 
city's  water  supply,  and  was  one  of 
the  committee  that  obtained  a  right- 
of-way  for  the  Cleburne  interurban. 


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J.  J.  Langever 


AMES  JOSEPH 
LANGEVER,  to  use 
his  own  term,  is  a 
Yankee-Texan.  He  was 
born  in  Rutland,  Ver- 
mont, but  came  to 
Texas  when  quite  young.  He  is  of 
French  ancestry,  his  father  and 
mother  having  both  been  French 
Canadians.  His  education  was  ob- 
tained in  the  Catholic  schools  where 
it  was  intended  he  should  become  a 
priest.  However,  the  priesthood  did 
not  appeal  to  him  as  strongly  as  did 
the  call  from  the  business  world 
where  he  longed  for  the  struggle 
and  the  chance  to  rise.  He  became 
a  sign-writer,  out-door  advertiser 
and  interior  decorator  and  through 
his  success  in  this  line  has  built 
up  a  business  that  is  a  source  of 
both  credit  and  profit  to  him.  He  is 
proprietor  of  the  J.  J.  Langever  Ser- 
vice, out-door  advertisers  and  sign- 
writers,  and  is  noted  for  original  and 
artistic  designs.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Master  Painters'  Association  of 
the  United  States,  and  the  Out-Door 
Advertising  Painters'  Association  of 
the  United  States.  In  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  Uniform  Rank  he  has  at- 
tained distinction,  and  has  been  the 
recipient  of  several  honors.  He  was 
captain  for  six  years  and  for  four 
years  was  colonel  of  the  Second 
Regiment.  Mr.  Langever's  hobby  is 
flying  machines,  where  his  inventive 
genius  is  given  full  play.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Southwestern  Aero- 
nautical Association  of  America  and 
is  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
signals  and  ordinances.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1914,  he  was  elected  Major 
•General  in  command  of  the  new  Pa- 
trol of  the  Dramatic  Order  of  the 
Knights  of  Khorrassan. 


W(i««J;'Jjj*i 


J.  C.  Lord 


OS  EPH    CARTON 
LORD,    superintendent 
in   charge   of  construc- 
tion  of  tlie   city's   mil- 
lion dollar  reservoir  on 
the      West     Fork     has 
been    connected    with    much    public 
utility  work  in  Fort  Worth.     He  was 
born   at    Oldham,    county    of    Lan- 
cashire,  England,  January   17,    1854. 
His  father  was  Charles  Lord  and  his 
mother    Sarah    Lord.      His    paternal 
ancestors  were  gas  engineers,  while 
those  on  his  mother's  side  were  silk 
weavers.      At   an    early    age   he    left 
England    and    came    to    the    United 
States,  locating  in  Indiana  and  pur- 
suing his  vocation  of  gas   engineer. 
Later  he  became  the  manager  of  the 
Washington,    Indiana,    Gas    &    Elec- 
tric Co.,  holding  that  position  from 
1878  to  1890.     On  January   1,   1890, 
he    moved    to    Fort    Worth    and    be- 
came  general   manager   of   the    Fort 
Worth  Light  &  Power  Company.  This 
position  he  held  until  October,  1911, 
when  the  Fort  Worth  Power  &  Light 
Company     took    over    his    concern. 
Upon  this  deal  he  was  made  general 
superintendent  of  the  new  concern. 
In  June,  1875,  he  married  Miss  Es- 
ther Bonner.     They  made  their  resi- 
dence for  the  first  year  in  Anderson, 
Indiana.      They    have    two    children, 
Charles    P.    Lord    and-  Mrs.    Esther 
Burke.     The  son  was  born  in  June, 
1876,  while   the   daughter  was  born 
in    1884.     Mr.   Lord   was   a   student 
at  Redhill  Academy  in   England  for 
four  years   but   did   not   take   a   de- 
gree, being  anxious  to  get  from  col- 
lege life  into  actual  work,  at  which 
he  has  been  so  successful.   Mr.  Lord 
is  a  Mason.     He  professes  one  hob- 
by— gas  business. 


J.  H.  Maddox 

AMES    HODGE    MAD- 
DOX,    for    two    terms 
City  Commis  s  i  o  n  e  r, 
has  been  a  resident  of 
Fort    Worth    from    the 
time  it  became  a  "rail- 
road town,"  coming  here  as  a  cow- 
boy   to    witness    the    arrival    of   the 
first  train.     Since  that  time,  he  has 
held    many    offices    of   public    trust 
advancing  steadily  from  one  to  an- 
other until  he  was  one  of  the  board 
of    five    having    all    city    affairs    in 
charge.     As  commissioner  of  streets 
and   public   buildings   and   chairman 
of  the   Park   Board   he   devoted   his 
time    to    permanent    civic    improve- 
ments,   more    street    paving    having 
been   accomplished   during   his   term 
of  office  than  in  all  the  history  of 
the   city   before   or  since.     His   aim 
was   to   make   Fort   Worth   the   best 
paved   city   in   the   southwest.     Fort 
Worth's    valuable     park     properties 
were  also  secured  under  his  direction 
and  the  municipal  grounds  have  been 
changed    from    neglected    spots    to 
the  most  beautiful  parts  of  the  city. 
His   first  office  was  deputy  sheriff 
of  Tarrant  County,  a  post  he   held 
in   the    early   period   when   lawless- 
ness   was    not    infrequent;    he    then 
served  twelve  years  as  chief  of  po- 
lice and  four  years  as  fire  chief.  He 
was  born  in   Claiborne   Parish,   La., 
Jan.  22,  1863,  the  son  of  William  A. 
and  Mrs.  Mary  Mayes  Maddox.     In 
1886  he  married  Miss  Josie  B.  Doug- 
lass and  four  years  ago  Mrs.  Alice 
Wise  Craig.     He  has  four  children, 
Douglas  McCart,  aged  24;  Victor  F., 
23;    Payton   Maddox,    16,    and    Mrs. 
Kenneth   Craig   Jure.     Mr.    Maddox 
is  a  member  of  practically  all  the  fra- 
ternal societies  of  the  city  in  addition 
to  the  Fort  Worth  Athletic  Club,  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  similar 
business    organizations.      He    is    ex- 
tensively  interested   in   North   Texas 
oil  fields  and  in  the  farming  land  of 
the  Coast  Country. 


L.  H.  McKee 


YPICAL  of  the  younger 
set  of  merchants  and 
business  men  who  are 
helping  Fort  Worth 
to  become  the  commer- 
cial capital  of  the 
Southwest  is  Lloyd  Hawley  McKee, 
partner  in  the  Waples-Platter  Grocer 
company,  one  of  the  biggest  grocery 
jobbing  houses  in  the  South.  Mr.  Mc- 
Kee was  born  in  Chillicothe,  Mis- 
souri in  1876,  of  sturdy  Scotch-Irish 
stock.  His  father  was  Edwin  Mc- 
Kee and  his  mother  was  Francis 
McKee.  Prior  to  settling  at  Chilli- 
cothe, the  McKee  family  had  lived 
in  New  York  state,  where  both  Mr. 
McKee's  parents  were  born.  Since 
coming  to  Texas  Mr.  McKee's  suc- 
cess has  been  rapid.  Now  he  is  the 
manager  of  the  Fort  Worth  house, 
the  biggest  in  the  firm's  chain  of 
stores.  He  is  also  an  officer  in  the 
board  which  controls  all  the  others. 
In  April,  1906,  Mr.  McKee 
married  Miss  Helen  Waples,  the  only 
daughter  of  the  late  John  G.  Waples. 
To  them  have  been  born  three  child- 
ren, Edward,  Helen  and  Lloyd  H.  Jr. 
The  young  merchant  has  been  helped 
along  in  his  advancement  by  no  col- 
lege education,  his  schooling  consist- 
ing of  a  rudimentary  course  in  the 
Chillicothe  public  schools.  Mr.  Mc- 
Kee's political  leanings  are  Repub- 
lican; his  clubs  in  Fort  Worth  are 
the  Country  Club  and  Fort  Worth 
Club.  Hunting  is  his  hobby  and  his 
principal  outdoor  sport.  He  is  also 
noted  among  his  friends  as  a  billiard 
player  of  ability  and  is  very  fond  of 
the  game. 


W.  p.  McLean 

EW  men  in  Texas  have 
had     a     more     distin- 
guished     career     than 
William    Pinkney    Mc- 
Lean   of    Fort    Worth. 
Honors  which   his   fel- 
low   citizens    have    conferred    upon 
him   include   many   important   posts. 
He    has    been    county    attorney    of 
Titus      County,      member      of      the 
Texas  Legislature  twice,  member  of 
United   States   House   of  Represent- 
atives,    member     of     the     constitu- 
tional convention  1875,  district  judge 
and  State  railroad  commissioner.  He 
was  a  Confederate  soldier  and  rose 
to  the  rank  of  major.    So  many  hon- 
ors fall  to  a  few  men  in  any  State. 
Judge  McLean  was  born  in  Copiah 
County,  Mississippi,  August  9,  1836 
and  has  lived   in  Texas  since   1839. 
His  father,  Allen  F.  McLean,  was  a 
native    of    Robeson    County,    North 
Carolina,  and  his  mother,  Ann  Rose 
McLean,  was  a  native  of  Mississippi. 
When  a  mere  youth,  the  future  great 
Texan  entered  college  at  the  Univer- 
sity   of    North    Carolina    at    Chapel 
Hill,     North     Carolina,     graduating 
from  that  institution  in   1857  in  the 
Literary  and  Law  Departments.     He 
married  July  11,  1859,  Miss  Marga- 
ret Batte  being  his  bride.     Mr.  Mc- 
Lean came  to  Fort  Worth,  Texas,  in 
1893    to    practice    and.   immediately 
was  recognized  by  his  fellow  citizens 
as  a  man  of  exceptional  ability  and 
talent.     Honors  came  thick  and  fast 
until  now  Judge  McLean  has  gladly 
retired  to  his  lucrative  private  prac- 
tice  in   Fort  Worth.     The   following 
children    have    been    born    to   Judge 
and     Mrs.     McLean:      Annie,     Ida, 
Richard,    Thomas    R.,    Jefferson    D., 
William   P.,  Margaret,  John   H.  and 
Bessie.     Judge   McLean's   affiliation 
with  fraternal  bodies  dates  back  to  his 
college  days  when  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi  fraternity.     He 
is  also  a  Royal  Arch  Mason. 


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Byron  Miller 


YRON  MILLER,  presi- 
dent and  treasurer  of 
the  Miller  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  one  of 
the  young  enterprises 
in  Fort  Worth  which 
has  attained  phenomenal  success  in 
the  last  few  years,  was  born  in 
Limestone  County,  Texas,  in  1872. 
To  the  little  city  of  Ennis  in  Ellis 
County,  young  Miller  was  sent  to 
secure  his  education  and  graduated 
from  the  high  school  in  due  course 
of  time.  His  first  position  was  with 
a  New  Orleans  wholesale  grocery 
house,  for  which  he  traveled  eight 
years.  He  gave  this  up  to  come 
to  Fort  Worth  to  organize  the  first 
pants  and  overalls  factory  employing 
union  labor  here.  This  was  in  the 
fall  of  1903.  Its  capital  stock  was 
placed  at  $15,000.  This  infant  plant 
grew  wonderfully  until  now  it  em- 
ploys two  hundred  people  and  is  rec- 
ognized as  the  most  modern  factory 
of  its  kind  and  the  largest  in  Texas. 
His  father,  John  Miller,  was  born  in 
Mississippi  and  served  in  the  war 
between  the  States.  Shortly  after 
the  close  of  the  war,  John  Miller 
moved  to  Texas,  settling  at  Spring- 
field, where  he  was  appointed  post- 
master and  where  he  later  erected 
a  saddle-tree  factory.  This  was  the 
largest  manufacturing  plant  of  its 
kind  in  the  State.  He  married  Miss 
Sallie  Hanson  of  Tennessee,  in  1869. 
Byron  Miller  is  an  active  member  of 
the  Fort  Worth  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, also  a  director  of  the  Amer- 
ican National  Bank  of  Fort  Worth.  He 
married  Miss  Katherine  Battle  of 
Collin  County,  Texas,  November  1, 
1906.     His  hobby  is  playing  golf. 


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Dr.  J.  D.  Mitchell 

OHN  DOUGLAS 
MITCHELL,  physician, 
is  identified  as  a  prom- 
inent practitioner  not 
only  in  Fort  Worth 
but  over  the  entire 
State.  He  has  been  secretary  of  the 
State  Board  of  Medical  Examiners 
for  the  past  six  years.  Dr.  Mitchell 
is  the  descendant  of  Scotch  cove- 
nanters and  was  born  in  Sweetwater, 
Tennessee,  in  1872.  His  father, 
James  Mitchell,  was  a  native  of 
Ayr,  Scotland,  and  his  mother,  Anna 
Stephen  Mitchell,  came  from  Glas- 
gow, Scotland.  Early  in  life  he  de- 
termined to  devote  his  life  to  the 
medical  profession  and  went  to 
Philadelphia  first,  and  to  Chicago 
later,  to  pursue  his  studies.  He 
graduated  at  Hahnemann  College, 
Philadelphia,  in  1891,  and  in  Chi- 
cago two  years  later.  Dr.  Mitchell 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Py- 
thias and  of  the  Elks  and  belonged 
to  the  old  University  Club  and  the 
River  Crest  Country  Club.  Dr. 
Mitchell  and  Miss  Zetta  Gatlin  were 
married  in  1898  and  have  one  child, 
Gatlin  Douglas  Mitchell,  nine  years 
of  age.  Of  hobbies.  Dr.  Mitchell 
boasts  two,  pretty  flowers  and  fine 
Jersey  cattle.  He  is  also  the  owner 
of  several  fine  horses  and  an  en- 
thusiastic automobilist.  Another  out- 
door sport  to  which  he  is  devoted  is 
the  great  national  pastime — baseball. 
He  is  a  regular  attendant  at  the  local 
games  of  the  Fort  Worth  ball  team 
and  a  rooter  for  the  home  club.  He 
is  also  a  supporter  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Horse  Show  and  one  of  its  ex- 
hibitors. 


J.  E.  Mitchell 

lAMES  E.  MITCHELL 
is  a  native  Texan. 
His  father,  CoL  Har- 
vey Mitchell,  was  a 
famous  pioneer  of  the 
Lone  Star  State,  coming 
to  Texas  before  it  won 
its  independence  from  Mexico.  Soon 
after  his  arrival  in  1835,  he  took  up 
arms  for  the  struggling  Republic  and 
helped  to  win  its  freedom.  In  sub- 
sequent years  he  took  part  in  many 
Indian  campaigns.  When  peace  fol- 
lowed, he  became  prominent  in  the 
affairs  of  Texas.  When  Brazos 
county,  his  home,  was  organized,  he 
was  appointed  to  and  conducted  all 
offices  of  the  county  from  Consta- 
ble to  County  Judge,  besides  acting 
as  postmaster  and  operating  a  gen- 
eral merchandise  store.  He  was  a 
warm  personal  friend  of  Gen.  Sam 
Houston  and  a  business  partner  of 
the  late  Gov.  E.  M.  Pease.  Col. 
Harvey  Mitchell  was  a  native  of 
Tennessee.  Mr.  Mitchell's  mother, 
Jane  Foley  Mitchell,  was  likewise 
a  native  of  Tennessee.  James 
Mitchell  was  born  Sept.  28,  1864,  at 
Bryan,  Brazos  County,  Texas,  re- 
ceived his  education  at  Agricultural 
&  Mechanical  College,  which  insti- 
tution owes  much  to  Col.  Harvey 
Mitchell  for  its  existence  and  loca- 
tion. Mr.  Mitchell  came  to  Fort 
Worth  to  make  it  his  home  in  1883, 
engaging  in  the  jewelry  business. 
He  married  Miss  Maud  Halsell, 
member  of  a  very  prominent  West 
Texas  family,  June  18,  1890,  at  the 
bride's  home  in  Decatur.  Two  chil- 
dren, girls,  were  born  of  this  union. 
He  served  three  years  as  president 
of  the  organization  now  known  as 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  is 
ever  ready  to  do  his  full  share  to- 
ward the  support  of  any  and  all  pub- 
lic enterprises.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Knights  Templar  and  Scottish 
Rite  Masons,  Mystic  Shrine,  Knights 
of  Pythias  and  Elks.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  and  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Fort  Worth  Rotary  Club, 
and  is  among  the  oldest  members  of 
the  Fort  Worth  and  Country  Clubs, 
and  member  of  the  directors  of  the 
Fat  Stock  Show.  Mr.  Mitchell  in 
1914  became  superintendent  of  Time 
Service  for  the  railways  entering  Fort 
Worth. 


W.T.  Montgomery 

ILL  I  AM  THOMAS 
MONTGOMERY,  a 
man  who  is  prominent 
not  only  in  his  particu- 
lar line  of  business  but 
in  the  general  social 
and  commercial  life  of  Fort  Worth, 
was  born  in  Haywood  County,  Ten- 
nessee, August  30,  1872.  His  resi- 
dence in  the  Panther  City,  however, 
has  been  long,  for  he  came  here  12 
years  ago.  His  father  was  John  D. 
Montgomery  who  originally  came 
from  South  Carolina.  His  mother 
was  Miss  Susie  Williams,  a  native 
of  Kentucky.  Young  Montgomery 
spent  his  boyhood  days  in  Tennessee, 
attending  the  public  schools  at 
Brownsville.  Incidentally,  he  man- 
aged to  become  a  Republican  in  a 
community  that  was  ordinarily 
strongly  Democratic.  Essentially, 
Mr.  Montgomery  has  been  a  railroad 
builder  and  road  builder,  a  business 
in  which  he  has  been  largely  en- 
gaged. Some  of  his  work  has  been 
upon  the  St.  Louis,  Brownsville  & 
Mexico,  Trinity  &  Brazos  Valley,  the 
Frisco  branches  to  Brady  and  to 
May,  the  Stephenville  North  and 
South,  Fort  Worth  &  Denver  and 
Rock  Island.  States  in  which  Mr. 
Montgomery  has  been  in  charge  of 
railroad  construction  work  are:  Tex- 
as, Nebraska,  Colorado,  Iowa,  Illi- 
nois, Missouri,  Alabama,  Mississippi, 
Arkansas,  Louisiana,  Oklahoma, 
New  Mexico  and  Ohio.  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery is  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
sity Club  and  of  the  Elks.  In  both 
of  these  organizations  he  is  promin- 
ent. The  particular  hobby  of  Mr. 
Montgomery  is  good  roads  for  Tex- 
as. He  is  now  living  in  San  An- 
tonio. 


G.  H.  Mulkey 

EORGE  HILL 
MULKEY,  prominent 
in  church,  financial, 
educational,  official  and 
lodge  circles,  has  had 
a  life  filled  with  activity 
from  the  time,  as  a  mere 
boy,  he  carried  the  mail  through  Tar- 
rant County  while  the  grown  men 
were  away  at  the  front  until  he  was 
big  enough  to  shoulder  a  rifle  and  join 
them,  down  to  the  present,  when, 
after  filling  a  series  of  important  of- 
ficial positions,  he  has  taken  active 
charge  of  extensive  building  opera- 
tions in  the  city  he  once  knew  as  a 
mere  village.  The  son  of  Rev. 
William  Mulkey  of  Georgia  and  Miss 
Annis  Pinkerton  Reid  of  Kentucky, 
he  was  born  in  Arkansas,  July  1, 
1847.  A  resident  of  Ellis  and  John- 
son County  in  the  early  part  of  his 
career  he  later  came  to  Tarrant 
County  where  he  has  at  various 
times  been  engaged  as  miller,  whole- 
sale piano  dealer  and  as  a  banker 
and  real  estate  operator.  A  life-long 
Democrat  he  became  district  clerk 
of  Tarrant  County  in  1875,  after 
stumping  much  of  the  County  on 
foot.  Later  he  served  as  a  city  coun- 
cilman three  terms  and  was  unani- 
mously chosen  as  one  of  the  first 
board  of  commissioners.  He  was  re- 
elected and  retired  at  the  end  of  the 
second  term,  declining  to  run  again. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  chiefs  of 
the  volunteer  fire  department.  A 
student  of  McKenzie  College  he  has 
taken  a  deep  interest  in  educational 
affairs  and  for  many  years  was  a 
trustee  for  as  well  as  one  of  the 
heavy  contributors  to  Polytechnic 
College.  The  son  of  a  Methodist 
preacher  he  has  been  an  untiring 
religious  worker  and  one  of  the 
founders  of  Mulkey  Memorial 
church,  named  in  honor  of  his  father. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Ecumenical 
Conference  held  in  London  in  1900. 
Since  retiring  from  the  city  com- 
mission he  has  devoted  his  time  to 
his  duties  as  vice-president  of  the 
Traders'  National  Bank,  secretary  of 
the  Bankers  Mutual  Insurance  Com- 
pany, and  president  of  the  Fort 
Worth  Real  Estate  and  Development 
Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Ad  Club, 
Elks,  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  U. 
B.  A.  He  has  been  twice  married, 
his  first  wife  being  the  daughter  of 
J.  W.  Graves,  of  Cleburne.  His 
present  wife  was  Miss  Frances  An- 
derson. They  have  five  sons  and  two 
daughters. 


W.  G.  Newby 

ILLIAM  G.  NEWBY, 
president  of  the  former 
American  National 
Bank,  was  born  in  St. 
Charles,  Mo.,  March 
11,  1859,  the  son  of 
John  H.  and  Mary  A.  Newby, 
nee  Broadhead.  Both  his  father 
and  mother  were  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia. The  elder  Mr.  Newby  came 
to  Texas  in  1871,  while  his  son  was 
still  attending  St.  Charles  College. 
He  came  to  Texas  in  1873  and  start- 
ed ranching  with  C.  L.  Carter  on  his 
Young  County  ranch.  About  a  year 
and  a  half  later  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  the  Joseph  H.  Brown 
Company,  the  pioneer  wholesale  gro- 
cery house  of  Fort  Worth.  In  1890 
he  became  cashier  of  the  Traders' 
National  Bank  and  remained  in  that 
position  until  he  became  president  of 
the  American  National.  His  father, 
who  had  settled  in  Parker  County 
upon  coming  to  Texas,  came  to  Fort 
Worth,  also,  in  1887,  and  made  his 
home  here  until  his  death  about  a 
year  later.  At  the  instance  of  civic 
improvement  forces,  Mr.  Newby  con- 
sented at  one  time  to  enter  city  poli- 
tics, and  served  as  a  member  of  the 
Council,  resigning  when  his  new 
home  was  built  taking  him  from  the 
ward  which  he  represented,  ward 
lines  then  governing  the  selection  of 
representatives  in  Council.  He  has 
also  served  the  city  in  many  unoffi- 
cial capacities.  He  is  treasurer  of 
the  Star-Telegram  and  connected  with 
other  successful  business  enterprises. 
Mr.  Newby  married  Miss  Etta  O. 
Price,  December  14,  1883.  He  is  a 
Mason  and  has  filled  all  offices  in 
the  Commandery.  Following  i  1  1 
health  in  1914  he  resigned  the  presi- 
dency of  the  American  National 
Bank,  but  retains  his  interest  in  that 
institution. 


T.  A.  Nored 


HOMAS  ALVIN 
NORED,  Manager  of 
the  Lee  Livestock  Com- 
mission Company,  is 
one  of  the  prominent 
'  figures  on  the  Fort 
Worth  market,  the  second  largest 
cattle  market  in  the  world.  The 
Lee  Livestock  Commission  Company 
is  one  of  the  largest  commission 
companies  operating  and  has  offices 
in  the  eight  principal  cattle  cities  of 
the  country — Fort  Worth,  Kansas 
City,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  St.  Joseph, 
Omaha,  Sioux  City  and  Denver.  Mr. 
Nored  is  known  all  over  the  South- 
west as  a  cattle  commission  mer- 
chant and  he  is  also  widely  inter- 
ested in  ranching  and  cattle  feed- 
ing. He  was  one  of  the  first  men  to 
take  up  silo  feeding  and  is  a  leader 
in  this  line.  His  first  venture  in 
this  new  field  consisted  of  two  150- 
ton  silos  erected  north  of  the  stock- 
yards. He  has  since  built  two  large 
cement  silos  of  382  tons  capacity 
each  at  Bluffdale,  Erath  county.  Mr. 
Nored  is  a  descendant  of  the  Ten- 
nessee family  of  that  name.  Both 
his  father,  Thomas  Jefferson  Nored, 
and  his  mother,  Mrs.  M.  C.  Nored, 
were  born  in  that  State.  His  birth 
took  place  at  Paris,  Tennessee,  May 
18,  1880.  The  family  came  to  Fort 
Worth  while  he  was  a  young  boy, 
and  his  education  was  received  in 
the  public  schools  of  this  city.  He 
married  Miss  Sallie  Elizabeth  Sloan, 
September  14,  1909.  Her  death 
occurred  April  5,  1912.  They  had 
one  child,  Eugene,  aged  three.  Mr. 
Nored  is  one  of  the  members  of  the 
Old  Town  Lodge  of  Masons,  No.  148, 
and  a  member  of  the  Saddle  and 
Sirloin  Club. 


p.  B.  O'Connell 

HILIP  BERT  O'CON- 
NELL, head  cattle  buyer 
for  Swift  &  Company,  is 
one  of  the  prominent 
men  in  the  stockyards 
district.  His  important 
position  with  Swift  &  Company  is 
held  after  nearly  twenty  years'  con- 
nection with  the  firm,  over  ten  years 
of  which  has  been  given  to  the  cat- 
tle business.  Six  years  of  this  time 
has  been  spent  in  Fort  Worth.  He 
came  to  Fort  Worth  from  St.  Joseph, 
Mo.,  where  he  was  with  the  same 
company.  He  was  born  in  Kansas 
City,  February  19,  1880.  His  father, 
J.  D.  O'Connell,  was  a  native  of  Ire- 
land. His  mother,  Mrs.  Mary  O'Con- 
nell, was  born  at  Washington,  D.  C. 
Mr.  O'Connell  married  Miss  Kather- 
ine  Calahan,  only  daughter  of  M.  M. 
Calahan  owner  of  Meadow  Vale 
Stock  Farm  near  Marysville,  Arkan- 
sas. They  have  one  son  and  daugh- 
ter. Jack  Burton  and  Mary  Margaret. 
Mr.  O'Connell  is  a  member  of  the 
Fort  Worth  Club  and  the  Saddle  and 
Sirloin  Club.  His  favorite  hobby 
is  farming.  He  is  accounted  one  of 
the  best  judges  of  cattle  in  the  South- 
west, the  land  of  cattle  raisers  and 
cattle  judges.  The  position  he  holds 
is  one  of  the  most  important  in  the 
cattle  and  packing  industries  and  has 
been  filled  in  a  way  that  adds  to  it 
additional  prestige.  Highly  success- 
ful in  his  chosen  line  of  activity,  Mr. 
O'Connell  is  also  extremely  popular 
among  his  business  associates  and 
acquaintances  and  one  of  the  best 
known  young  men  in  Fort  Worth. 


B.  W.  Owens 

RYANT  WESLEY 
OWENS  is  one  of  the 
best  known  lumbermen 
in  Texas.  For  forty- 
five  years  he  has  been 
a  resident  of  the  State 
and  for  twenty-five  years  of  that 
time  he  has  been  prominently  iden- 
tified with  the  lumber  industry 
of  the  State.  Together  with  his 
brother,  G.  W.  Owens  of  Dallas,  he 
operates  one  of  the  largest  lumber 
concerns  in  the  State.  Mr.  Owens 
has  been  in  Fort  Worth  eleven  years, 
having  come  here  to  take  charge 
of  the  yards  owned  by  the  company. 
He  has  five  yards  under  his  direct 
management,  three  in  Fort  Worth, 
one  at  Handley  and  one  at  Arling- 
ton. He  is  a  native  of  Alabama, 
having  been  born  in  that  State  in 
1863.  His  father,  Samuel  Owens, 
and  his  mother,  Martha  Jordan 
Owens,  were  both  natives  of  Ala- 
bama also.  Though  a  consistent 
Democrat  all  his  life,  Mr.  Owens 
has  never  found  time  from  his  large 
business  interests  to  devote  to  poli- 
tics and  never  has  sought  public 
office  of  any  kind.  Deer  hunting 
is  his  favorite  diversion  He  is  mar- 
ried and  the  father  of  eight  children, 
George,  Bryant,  Shelby,  Bessie,  May, 
Philip,  William  Howard  and  Mary 
Elizabeth.  Mr.  Owens  is  a  Mason 
and  a  Shriner.  While  not  a  poli- 
tician in  the  sense  of  being  a  seeker 
of  office  or  preferment,  Mr.  Owens 
has  been  a  prominent  worker  for 
good  government,  and  has  devoted 
much  of  his  valuable  time  to  such 
public  service. 


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Dr.  W.  B.  Parks 

O   WRITE  a  fitting  and 
creditable  story  of  the 
career      of     Wm.      B. 
Parks,   A.  M.,   Pli.    D., 
would    be    almost    like 
writing     a     history     of 
Texas      Christian      University,      so 
closely  are  the  two  linked  together. 
Dr.   Parks   has   been   identified   with 
this    great    school    almost    from    the 
time    he    went    forth    as    a   graduate 
from    its    predecessor,    Add-Ran,    in 
1886.      Its   ups   have   been   his  ups; 
its    downs,    his    downs.       Few    men 
ever  have   been   connected   with   the 
school   who   have   devoted   as   much 
of   their   life    and    energies    to    it    as 
has    Dr.    Parks,    and    now    that    the 
school  is  taking  its  just  place  among 
the  colleges  of  the  Southwest,  those 
who  have  watched  it  from  its  earliest 
days   can   see   no   small   part  of   its 
success    is    due    to    Dr.    Parks.      At 
Add-Ran     University    in     1886,     Dr. 
Parks      was     graduated      with     the 
degree  of  B.  S.     In  1892  he  received 
his   A.   M.   degree,   and   in    1894   his 
Ph.  D.     The  following  years  he  did 
work    at   Vanderbilt,    Harvard,    Uni- 
versity of  Virginia  and  Chicago  Uni- 
versity, and  returning  again  became 
identified  with  his  alma  mater,  taking 
the   chair   of   natural   science.     This 
chair    he    held    for    fourteen    years, 
leaving  in  1900  for  work  in  Eastern 
colleges,  returning  again  in   1904  to 
accept   the   chair  of  chemistry   with 
the  now  Texas  Christian  University. 
From     his     earliest    year    with    the 
college    Dr.    Parks    has    been    loved 
and   respected  by  the   student  body. 
"Marse   Ben"   is   their   favorite,   and 
his   selection   in    1910   by   the  board 
of  trustees  to  fill  the  office  of  dean 
was    hailed    with    delight.      In    the 
handling  of  all  out-of-class  matters, 
the  strong  character  of  Dean   Parks 
has  always  manifested  itself;  in  him 
the  faculty  has  one  of  its  strongest 
members  and   the   student  always   a 
true   friend  and  wise  counsellor. 


G.  S.  Pentecost 


^ORGE  S.  PENTECOST, 
general  passenger  agent 
of  the  Chicago,  Rock 
Island  &  Gulf  Railroad, 
'1  is  deeply  interested  in 
the  development  of  the 
Southwest.  He  first  came  to  Fort 
Worth  in  1902  as  traveling  passenger 
agent  of  the  Rock  Island,  remaining 
until  1904,  when  he  went  to  El  Paso, 
and  then  to  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania, 
Omaha,  Nebraska,  and  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  returning  to  Fort  Worth  as 
general  passenger  agent.  He  is  the 
originator  of  the  Firefly,  the  famous 
Rock  Island  train  to  the  North,  and 
its  service  is  one  of  his  particular 
business  hobbies.  Practically  his  en- 
tire life  has  been  devoted  to  railroad 
work.  A  Democrat  politically,  he  has 
never  sought  official  positions.  Mr. 
Pentecost  is  the  son  of  Fielding 
Archer  Pentecost  and  Margaret  Vir- 
ginia Pentecost,  both  of  Mount  Ver- 
non, Indiana.  He,  too,  was  born  at 
that  place  in  1872.  He  married  Miss 
Cora  M.  Nelson  of  Chicago  in  1902. 
In  fraternal  circles  Mr.  Pentecost 
is  almost  as  prominent  as  in  railway 
affairs,  in  which  he  occupies  such  an 
important  position.  He  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Fort  Worth  Lodge  of 
Elks,  taking  a  keen  interest  in  the 
affairs  of  the  order,  and  is  one  of 
the  prime  movers  in  the  successful 
Elks  Minstrels,  which  have  come  to 
be  an  important  Fort  Worth  event. 
Mr.  Pentecost  also  is  an  enthusiastic 
Mason  and  has  received  the  Scottish 
Rite  and  Shrine  degrees.  He  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  bringing  set- 
tlers to  Texas  and  is  a  steady  and 
consistent  advocate  of  the  state's  de- 
velopment. 


J.  L.  Price 


ACOB  L.  PRICE  was 
born  in  Springfield,  Illi- 
nois, about  forty  years 
ago.  His  mother  is  a 
native  of  the  same  town, 
her  ancestors  having 
originally  settled  in  Pennsylvania. 
His  father  was  a  practicing  physi- 
cian, born  near  Lexington,  Kentucky; 
the  family  having  removed  there  from 
Prince  Edwards  County,  Virginia, 
where  it  had  been  established  since 
Colonial  days.  Mr.  Price  graduated 
from  the  High  School  in  Springfield 
and  went  to  a  preparatory  school  in 
anticipation  of  a  college  education. 
About  that  time  he  was  offered  a 
bank  position  and  spent  five  years  in 
that  business.  After  resigning  his 
position,  he  studied  law  in  the  offices 
of  Hon.  John  M.  Palmer  and  of  Gen- 
eral Orendorff.  About  ten  years  ago 
he  became  associated  with  Armour  & 
Co.,  as  credit  man,  and  he  held  va- 
rious positions  in  the  credit  and  fi- 
nancial departments  of  that  company. 
He  came  to  Fort  Worth  when  the 
local  packing  houses  were  opened. 
He  was  elected  president  of  the  Stock 
Yards  National  Bank  July  2,  1908. 
Mr.  Price  is  a  member  of  the  River 
Crest  Country  Club,  Polo  Club,  Fort 
Worth  Golf  Club,  the  Saddle  and 
Sirloin  Club,  Hella  Temple  of  Dallas, 
Knights  Templar  and  various  other 
Masonic  lodges,  and  of  the  Elks  and 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  He 
has  but  two  hobbies:  out-of-door 
sports  and  the  banking  business.  Mr. 
Price  was  married  before  coming  to 
Texas,  his  wife  was  formerly  Harriet 
Crabbe  of  Illinois.  She  is  a  grand- 
daughter of  General  Palmer,  a  for- 
mer governor  of  Illinois. 


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E.  G.  Rail 


LBERT  GEORGE  RALL 
is  a  prominent  figure  in 
the  wholesale  grain 
business  of  Fort  Worth 
and  the  Southwest, 
having  extensive  mill 
interests  in  Paris,  Texas,  Sherman, 
and  Gainesville,  Texas,  as  well  as 
at  Oklahoma  City  and  Ardmore,  in 
Oklahoma.  He  has  also  business 
interests  in  Kansas  City  as  well  as 
Fort  Worth.  In  addition  to  being 
head  of  the  E.  G.  Rail  Wholesale 
Grain  Company  of  this  city,  he  was 
president  of  the  Durrett-Winter 
Company,  now  the  Durrett-Vincent 
Company.  Mr.  Rail  is  a  successful 
and  enthusiastic  stock  raiser  as  well, 
and  takes  a  great  interest  in  stock 
farming.  He  is  of  Irish  descent,  the 
son  of  George  S.  Rail  and  Mrs. 
Estelle  M.  Rail,  both  natives  of  Ohio. 
His  father  was  born  at  Dayton  and 
his  mother  in  Cincinnati.  He  was 
born  at  North  Vernon,  Indiana,  in 
1866.  He  married  Miss  Kate  Cren- 
shaw. They  have  two  children,  Mar- 
vin and  Miss  Estelle.  Mr.  Rail  is  a 
Republican,  a  member  of  the 
Country  Club,  a  Mason,  Shriner  and 
an  Elk,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
University  Club  during  its  existence. 
Mr.  Rail  is  an  enthusiastic  motorist 
and  deeply  interested  in  the  good 
roads  movement  that  ia  being  fos- 
tered throughout  the  State  of  Texas. 
He  has  also  been  an  active  but  un- 
ostentatious supporter  of  the  various 
movements  that  have  resulted  in  the 
building  of  Fort  Worth  to  its  present 
proportions,  and  is  counted  as  one 
of  its  leading  citizens.  In  addition 
to  his  handsome  town  residence  at 
Chase  Court,  he  has  a  country  resi- 
dence on  the  Benbrook  Road.  He 
has  local  grain  elevators  at  River- 
side and  on  the  Arlington  Heights 
road. 


W.  M.  Rea 


ILLIAM  MARIAN  REA, 
a  resident  of  Tarrant 
County  since  1859  and 
of  Fort  Worth  since 
1878,  has  held  many  po- 
sitions of  trust  in  both 
the  city  and  county,  filling  all  in  such 
a  way  as  to  win  public  approval  and 
repeated  re-election.  He  has  served 
in  a  public  capacity  since  1879  and 
always  with  the  greatest  honor  to 
himself,  the  city  and  county.  In 
working  to  protect  the  public  from 
criminals  he  has  also  worked  to  pro- 
tect those  with  criminal  tendencies 
from  their  environments.  He  was 
the  first  public  advocate  of  a  school 
for  wayward  boys  in  Texas  and  has 
been  a  constant  worker  to  bring 
about  conditions  that  would  free  boys 
from  contact  with  old  offenders.  In 
his  public  work  he  has  served  va- 
riously as  a  police  officer  in  the 
early  days  of  the  then  wild  cattle 
town,  as  Police  Chief,  Deputy  Sheriff 
and  Sheriff.  Mr.  Rea  was  born 
June  10,  1850,  in  Knox  County,  Illi- 
nois. Both  his  father,  Thomas  Rea, 
and  his  mother,  Elizabeth  Rea,  were 
natives  of  Ohio.  His  first  wife  was 
Miss  Laura  Blue,  four  children  being 
born  to  this  union,  Misses  Rhoda, 
Ida,  Caroline  and  Easter.  In  1912  he 
married  Miss  Estella  Floyd,  his  pres- 
ent wife.  Mr.  Rea  is  a  member  of 
the  Masons,  Elks,  Woodmen  of  the 
World,  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Odd 
Fellows.  During  the  present  year  he 
completed  his  second  term  as  Sheriff 
of  Tarrant  County,  voluntarily  de- 
clining to  again  become  a  candidate 
for  the  office.  Always  prominent  in 
city  and  county  politics,  he  was  noted 
as  a  fair  fighter  and  one  whom  his 
opponents  always  were  ready  to  con- 
gratulate upon  success. 


C.  D.  Reimers 

HARLES    D.    REIMERS 
made  a  notable  success 
in  the  newspaper  field 
in  Fort  Worth  prior  to 
the    formation    of    The 
Exiine-Reimers      Com- 
pany,   the    largest    concern    of    the 
kind  south  of  St.  Louis.     Coming  to 
Fort  Worth  in  1902  from  Davenport, 
Iowa,    he    purchased    the    old    Mail- 
Telegram  and  putting  it  on  its   feet 
transformed  it  into  a  modern  paper 
with  wide  circulation.     Before  com- 
ing to  Fort  Worth  he  was  publisher 
of  the   Davenport  Times   from    1899 
to  1902.     He  published  the  Telegram 
from  1902  to  1909,  and  published  the 
Texas  Farm  Co-Operator  after  that. 
He  holds  the  presidency  of  The  Ex- 
iine-Reimers  Company.     Mr.   Reim- 
ers was  born  at  Rock  Island,  Illinois, 
May   2,    1872,   son    of  John   J.   and 
Marietta  A.  Reimers.     He  was  edu- 
cated in   Iowa  State  University  and 
Northwestern     University;     and     is 
a  member  of  the  Phi  Delta  Thetas. 
He  married  Miss   Linda  Ray   Saun- 
ders, October  30,   1906.     Mr.  Reim- 
ers  is   a    member    of    the    Chicago 
Press    Club,    Fort    Worth    Ad    Club, 
the   River   Crest   Country   Club,   the 
Chamber    of    Commerce    and    is    a 
Shriner.     He   is   a   baseball   enthus- 
iast of  the  playing  kind,  and  former 
first  baseman  at  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity.     He    was    also    one   of   the 
first     automobile     owners     of     Fort 
Worth,  and  continues  an  enthusiastic 
motorist.      All    of   his   business    life 
has  been  connected  in  some  way  with 
the   printing  business,  and   the   con- 
cern  he   now   heads   has   more    em- 
ployees than  any  similar  concern  in 
the  Southwest. 


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G.  T.  Reynolds 

EARLESS  courage,  rest- 
less energy  and  an 
iron  determination  that 
knew  not  failure,  are 
the  traits  of  character 
that  have  meant  suc- 
cess for  George  T.  Reynolds.  Mr. 
Reynolds  was  but  a  babe  of  three 
when  his  parents  emigrated  from 
Alabama  to  Texas.  The  family  first 
settled  in  Shelby  county  and  later 
settling  in  Palo  Pinto  County  in 
1860,  when  George  Reynolds  was 
but  sixteen.  The  same  year  the  fam- 
ily moved  into  Stephens  county, 
where  the  elder  Reynolds  made  his 
first  venture  in  the  cattle  business. 
Young  Reynolds  joined  the  Con- 
federacy, serving  with  Col.  Nat 
Buford's  regiment  of  Nineteenth 
Texas  Cavalry.  His  service  was 
short,  however,  for  he  was  badly 
wounded  and  given  honorable  dis- 
charge. Returning  to  Texas  with  his 
pony  and  S300  Confederate  money, 
he  found  the  country  ablaze  with 
Indian  warfare  and  during  his  early 
career  on  the  plains  was  engaged 
in  a  number  of  battles  with  the  Red- 
skins. In  a  fight  in  Haskell  coun- 
ty, he  was  shot  through  the  body 
with  an  arrow,  the  head  of  which 
was  not  removed  for  sixteen  years. 
In  those  days  he  made  many  nota- 
ble overland  trips  driving  stock  to 
Mexico  and  to  Utah  and  then  to 
California  and  Colorado.  In  1874  Mr. 
Reynolds  returned  to  Texas  and  pur- 
chased a  herd  of  cattle  at  Weather- 
ford,  and  once  again  embarked  upon 
the  cattle  business  in  Texas.  Rapid- 
ly his  interests  developed,  and  within 
a  comparatively  few  years  he  was 
accounted  one  of  the  biggest  ranch- 
men of  West  Texas.  He  ranks  as 
one  of  the  wealthiest  and  most  pro- 
gressive men  of  the  State.  His 
ranching  interests,  while  still  form- 
ing the  largest  part  of  his  fortune, 
are  by  no  means  all.  He  is  heavily 
interested  in  Fort  Worth  business 
and  rental  property  and  in  Texas  and 
Oklahoma  banks.  He  is  an  enthus- 
iastic hunter  and  has  traveled  as 
far  as  Alaska  for  big  game. 


W.  D.  Reynolds 

ILLIAM  D.  REYNOLDS, 
one  of  the  pioneer 
cattlemen  of  Texas,  and 
one  of  the  leading  citi- 
zens of  Fort  Worth,  has 
been  so  closely  con- 
nected both  with  the  growth  of  the 
cattle  industry  in  Texas  and  the  de- 
velopment of  Fort  Worth  that  any 
account  of  either  would  be  incom- 
plete without  reference  to  his  stead- 
fast assistance  to  both.  One  of  the 
leading  ranch  owners  of  the  State,  he 
is  also  one  of  the  largest  property 
holders  in  Fort  Worth  and  an  active 
worker  and  contributor  in  all  move- 
ments for  the  advancement  of  the 
city.  He  has  served  on  the  principal 
special  committees  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  and  of  the  old  Board 
of  Trade  before  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  succeeded  it  in  city 
affairs.  One  of  the  cattlemen  who 
drove  cattle  overland  in  the  early 
days,  frequently  after  combats  with 
the  Indians  and  desperadoes,  he  has 
devoted  his  later  years  to  civic  de- 
velopment and  gives  it  much  of  his 
time,  though  he  never  has  held  pub- 
lic office.  Mr.  Reynolds  is  a  native 
of  Alabama,  having  been  born  in  that 
State  April  22,  1846.  His  father,  G. 
W.  Reynolds,  was  a  native  of  Geor- 
gia, and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Ann  Reyn- 
olds, a  native  of  South  Carolina.  He 
married  Miss  Matthews,  June  1, 
1879.  They  have  eight  children.  Mr. 
Reynolds  is  vice  president  of  the 
Reynolds  Cattle  Company  with  ex- 
tensive ranch  and  cattle  holdings. 
He  is  a  Mason  and  one  of  the  best 
known  cattlemen  in  Texas,  and  holds 
an  interest  in  a  number  of  Fort 
Worth  enterprises,  besides  being  one 
of  its  leading  investors  and  builders. 


L.  P.  Robertson 


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OUIS  p.  ROBERTSON 
is  one  of  those  men 
who  came  to  Fort 
Worth  without  finan- 
cial resources,  and 
through  hard  work  and 
wise  management  has  accumulated 
wealth.  The  undertaking  and  em- 
balming business  he  operates,  from  a 
modest  beginning,  has  become  one  of 
the  largest  in  the  State,  and  Mr.  Rob- 
ertson has  just  erected  a  new  mor- 
tuary building,  the  most  modern  of 
its  kind  in  the  South,  to  care  for 
it.  He  is  a  native  of  Georgia,  born 
in  Merriweather  county,  that  State, 
September  29,  1858,  the  son  of  Thos. 
J.  Robertson  and  Sarah  H.  Pyron. 
His  early  education  was  received  in 
the  common  schools  and  the  high 
school  at  Senoia,  Georgia.  Leaving 
school,  Mr.  Robertson  began  his  bus- 
iness life  as  a  cotton  buyer,  after- 
ward engaging  in  the  business  on 
his  own  account.  Following  his 
failure,  due  to  poor  crop  seasons,  he 
came  to  Texas  and  started  anew  as  a 
cotton  buyer  for  a  Galveston  firm, 
but  again  hard  luck,  in  the  shape 
of  a  drouth,  befell  him  and  caused 
the  firm  to  close  its  Fort  Worth  of- 
fice. Then  Mr.  Robertson  entered 
the  employ  of  Fakes  &  Company, 
and  after  working  nine  years  there 
bought  out  that  company's  undertak- 
ing and  embalming  business,  which 
he  has  so  successfully  conducted 
since.  Mr.  Robertson  is  interested 
in  a  number  of  Fort  Worth  enter- 
prises, including  the  Cotton  Collar 
Works,  the  James  and  Schow  Com- 
pany and  the  Exchange  National 
Bank,  of  which  he  is  a  vice-president 
and  director.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  Mercantile 
Club,  River  Crest  Country  Club,  Elks, 
Masons,  Shriners,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Woodmen  of  the  World  and 
Maccabees.  He  has  been  a  great 
horseman  until  the  last  few  years, 
and  Bicarbonate,  one  of  his  string, 
was  one  of  the  best  harness  horses 
in  Texas.  Bicarbonate  was  burned 
to  death  in  a  wreck  while  being 
shipped  to  the  Denver  races,  and 
since  that  time  Mr.  Robertson  has 
turned  from  horses  to  autos.  He 
owns  several  fine  cars  and  his  prin- 
cipal recreation  now  is  motoring. 
Mr.  Robertson  married  Miss  Susie 
L.  Wright  in   1890. 


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T.  D.  Ross 


HOMAS    DAVIS   ROSS, 
president    of    the    Fort 
Worth      and      Tarrant 
County   Abstract   Com- 
pany  and   president  of 
the     Texas     Securities 
Company,   is   one   of   the   men   who 
have  become  prominent  at  the  Fort 
Worth   bar.     He   has   also  been   ex- 
tensively   interested    in    Fort    Worth 
property.      Mr.    Ross    is    of    Scotch 
descent.     His  father,  Zeno  C.  Ross, 
was  a  native  of  Kingston,  New  York, 
and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Ross, 
was  born  at  Wentworth,  North  Car- 
olina.    Mr.  Ross  was  born  at  Mag- 
nolia, Arkansas,  February  22,   1861. 
He   attended  the   University  of  Vir- 
ginia, being  graduated  there  in  1882. 
He    then    went    to    Yale    University, 
being  graduated   from   there   a  year 
later.     He  married  Miss  Clara  Gate- 
wood  Dunn  in  1889.    They  have  two 
daughters,     Jeanne     D.     Ross     and 
Mrs.  Chilton  Jennings.     Mr.  Ross  is 
an  Elk,  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,   the    Fort   Worth   Club    and 
the   River  Crest  Country  Club.     He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  University 
Club  and  of  the  old  Country  Club. 
Since   his   membership   in   the     Uni- 
versity Club  began     that     club     has 
been    merged    with    the    Fort   Worth 
Club,   which   shortly   will    begin    the 
erection     of     a     modern     club     and 
office    building    at    Sixth    and    Main 
streets.      Mr.    Ross   resides   at    1430 
Pennsylvania    Avenue,    one     of    the 
noted    residence    boulevards    of    the 
city.       His  holdings     in     other     city 
properties    are    extensive.       He    has 
taken    no    active  part  in  politics  of 
the  City,  State  or  County.     By  affil- 
iation he  is  a  Democrat. 


Marion  Sansom 

^lARION  SANSOM  is 
closely  connected  with 
the  various  business 
activities  that  make  Fort 
Worth  the  leading  cat- 
tle market  of  the  South- 
west. He  is  at  the  head  of  the  Cas- 
sidy-Southwestern  Commission  Com- 
pany, president  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Livestock  Commission  Company  of 
Kansas  City  and  president  of  M. 
Sansom  &  Company.  He  was  the 
first  president  of  the  Stockyards  Na- 
tional Bank,  a  position  from  which 
he  resigned  in  1905  because  of  the 
press  of  his  other  affairs.  He  still 
remains  a  director  in  that  bank  and 
was  also  a  director  of  the  State 
National  Bank,  which  erected  the 
twelve-story  building  at  Fourth  and 
Main  streets.  He  is  at  the  same 
time  a  cattleman,  banker,  commission 
man,  feed  man  and  cotton  oil  mill 
investor,  besides  holding  large  land 
interests  north  of  the  city.  Mr.  San- 
som is  a  native  Texan,  born  in  Mad- 
ison County,  June  20,  1853.  His 
mother,  Susan  Manning  Sansom,  was 
a  native  Texan  also,  being  the  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Manning,  the  noted 
Mexican  War  fighter.  His  father,  R. 
P.  Sansom,  was  a  native  of  Tennes- 
see, but  came  to  Texas  in  1836.  The 
family  settled  at  Alvarado  in  1859, 
and  Mr.  Sansom  remained  on  the 
farm  and  in  business'  there  until 
1902,  when  he  came  to  Fort  Worth. 
While  at  Alvarado  he  was  elected 
Mayor  of  that  place.  He  married 
Miss  Eliza  Powell  of  Alvarado.  They 
have  three  children.  Mrs.  Winifred 
Schultz,  Miss  Nina  Sansom  and  Ma- 
rion Sansom,  Jr.  Mr.  Sansom  is  a 
Knight  Templar,  Mystic  Shriner  and 
a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  Odd  Fellows.  His  nomination 
for  Regional  Bank  Director  was  by 
almost  unanimous  choice. 


Dr.  B.  Saunders 

R.  BACON  SAUNDERS 

is  one  of  the  profes- 
sional men  who  has 
taken  a  prominent  part 
in  the  general  business 
affairs  of  Fort  Worth. 
He  is  the  builder  of  the  Flatiron 
building  at  Ninth  and  Houston 
streets,  and  also  the  big  industrial 
plant  of  the  Exline-Reimers  Com- 
pany. One  of  his  important  public 
services  has  been  the  carrying 
through  of  arrangements  for  the 
building  of  the  joint  City  and  County 
Hospital,  and  he  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  the  establishment  of  the 
Medical  College,  which  in  1911-12 
became  a  department  of  the  Texas 
Christian  University.  He  is  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Lawrence  Saunders, 
the  Christian  martyr  who  was  burned 
at  the  stake  during  the  reign  of 
Queen  Mary,  and  his  ancestors  ren- 
dered distinguished  service  to  the 
Colonies  in  the  American  Revolu- 
tion. He  is  the  son  of  John  Smith 
Saunders  and  Sarah  J.  Claypool 
Saunders,  descendants  of  Scotch- 
Irish  families,  who  first  settled  in 
Virginia  and  afterwards  emigrated 
to  Kentucky  with  Daniel  Boone.  He 
is  a  native  of  Bowling  Green,  Ky., 
and  was  graduated  with  the  highest 
honors  of  his  class,  from  the  Medi- 
cal Department  of  the  University  of 
Louisville,  afterwards  taking  post- 
graduate courses  in  New  York,  Phil- 
adelphia, Baltimore  and  other  large 
clinical  centers.  He  is  Professor 
of  Surgery  and  Clinical  Surgery  of 
the  Medical  Department  of  Texas 
Christian  University  and  President 
of  the  faculty.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Tex- 
as Christian  University.  He  is 
Chief  Surgeon  of  the  Fort  Worth 
&  Denver,  the  Wichita  Valley  and 
the  Trinity  &  Brazos  Valley  Rail- 
ways, and  Division  Surgeon  for  many 
of  the  railroads  centering  here.  He 
is  ex-president  of  the  Texas  State 
Medical  Association,  and  ex-vice- 
president  of  the  Southern  Surgical  & 
Gynecological  Association,  and  of 
the  American  Association  of  Rail- 
way Surgeons.  He  was  president 
of  the  old  Country  Club  and 
is  a  charter  member  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce.  His  wife  was  Miss 
Ida  Jane  Caldwell.  They  have  two 
children.  Dr.  Roy  F.  Saunders  and 
Mrs.  Linda  Ray  Reimers. 


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J.  M.  Scott 


pHN  M.   SCOTT,  attor- 
ney, has  many  interests 
in    Fort    Worth.       Mr. 
Scott    is    a    native    of 
Alabama,    having   been 
born  at    Braggs,  Octo- 
ber   17,    1870.      His    father,   Joseph 
M.  Scott,  was  born  in  Scotland,  mov- 
ing  to    Alabama,    where    he    was    a 
member  of  the  Alabama  Conference 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.       His     mother,    Amanda     B. 
Scott,  was  a  Virginian.     Mr.  Scott's 
early  education  was  received  in  Ala- 
bama.      He    then     graduated     from 
Southern   University,  where  he  was 
a    Phi    Delta    Theta.      Shortly    after 
graduation  he  came  to  Texas.     He  is 
a  member  of  the  Elks,  the  Country 
Club  and  the  Knights  of  Pythias.    In 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  he  has  been 
especially  prominent  and  was  made 
chairman   of  the   general   committee 
appointed    for   the    entertainment   of 
the   National   Convention   of  the  or- 
der to  have  been  held  in  Fort  Worth 
in    1912.     He   married   Mrs.   B.    R. 
Stratton,  March  21,   1911.     In  addi- 
tion to  his  extensive  legal   practice, 
Mr.  Scott  is  interested  in  a  number 
of    Fort    Worth    enterprises,    among 
which    is    numbered    the    George    B. 
Loving  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Scott 
is  president.     This  company   is  one 
of  the   large   land   and   cattle   com- 
panies   of    the    State.      An    active 
worker  in  fraternal  circles,  he  is  also 
an    active    builder    and    booster    for 
Fort     Worth,     and     highly     popular 
among  a  host  of  acquaintances. 


J.  S.  Shaw 


OSEPH  STE  P  H  EN 
SHAW,  President  of 
the  Fort  Worth  Build- 
ers' Supply  Company, 
has  taken  a  part  in 
much  of  the  building 
activity  in  Fort  Worth,  and  before 
coming  to  this  city  designed  and 
erected  some  of  the  largest  and 
handsomest  buildings  in  Southern 
West  Virginia.  He  was  also  engaged 
in  the  coal  mining  operations  in 
that  State.  Mr.  Shaw  studied  min- 
ing engineering  at  the  University  of 
Kentucky,  afterwards  he  became 
chief  topographer  of  the  Kentucky 
Geological  Survey  and  for  several 
years  was  chief  engineer  of  two  of 
the  largest  coal  mines  in  the  cele- 
brated Pocahontas  coal  fields.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Insti- 
tute of  Mining  Engineers  and  other 
professional  and  trade  organizations. 
Mr.  Shaw  is  of  English  and  Scotch- 
Irish  ancestry.  He  was  born  in 
Winchester,  Kentucky,  in  1886,  the 
son  of  Stephen  and  Amanda  Shaw, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ken- 
tucky. He  married  Miss  Nita  Cock- 
ill  of  Pennsylvania.  They  have  two 
children,  Marie  three  and  Elizabeth 
one  year.  He  is  fond  of  athletics 
and  especially  tennis.  One  of  the 
most  noted  engineers  in  the  South- 
west, he  is  devoting  his  energies  to 
the  building  trades,  finding  a  fruitful 
field  in  the  rapidly  developing  cities 
of  Texas  with  their  constant  demand 
for  newer,  larger  and  better  con- 
struction. 


J.  F.  Shelton 


OHN  F.  SHELTON, 
general  manager  of  the 
Texas  Anchor  Fence 
Company,  and  the  Fort 
Worth  Wagon  Factory, 
director  in  Texas 
Christian  University,  the  National 
Feeders  and  Breeders'  Show  and  a 
charter  member  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Ad  Men's  Club,  has  made  the  devel- 
opment of  interest  in  home  indus- 
tries one  of  his  special  works  for  the 
city's  welfare.  Through  his  assist- 
ance a  number  of  home  industry  dis- 
plays have  been  made  possible.  He 
was  born  April  3,  1867,  at  Monticello, 
Ark.  His  parents,  Joseph  Shelton 
and  N.  J.  Shelton,  were  North  Caro- 
linians, who  had  moved  to  that  State. 
Mr.  Shelton  first  attended  private 
schools  and  finished  his  education  at 
Franklin  Seminary,  Pilot  Point.  He 
railroaded  five  years  as  an  agent  and 
operator  and  began  a  practical  course 
in  electrical  engineering  in  the  plant 
of  the  General  Electric  Company  at 
Lynn,  Mass.  After  completing  his 
studies  there  he  entered  the  service 
of  the  company  as  constructing  engi- 
neer, installing  light  and  power  plants 
in  Europe  and  Africa  and  many 
Latin-American  countries.  The  Span- 
ish-American War  interfered  serious- 
ly with  the  West  India  business,  in 
which  he  was  then"  engaged,  and 
after  contracting  a  few  years  indi- 
vidually he  came  to  Fort  Worth  and 
took  charge  of  the  Texas  Anchor 
Fence  Company,  which  he  soon  put 
upon  a  paying  basis.  At  the  same 
time  he  worked  for  general  indus- 
tries of  the  city  and  was  an  active 
member  of  the  old  Board  of  Trade 
and  for  several  terms  chairman  of 
its  manufacturing  committee.  Mr. 
Shelton  is  noted  also  as  a  naturalist 
and  an  aviary  at  his  private  resi- 
dence contains  one  of  the  finest  col- 
lections of  rare  birds  to  be  found  in 
the  South.  He  married  Miss  Emma 
Kaeshamer  of  San  Francisco  in  1896. 
They  have  one  child. 


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W.  B.  Sloan 

ALTER  BENNETT 
SLOAN,  manager  of  the 
William  Cameron  & 
Co.,  Inc.,  has  been  con- 
nected with  that  firm 
almost  from  the  time 
he  came  to  Texas,  fifteen  years 
ago.  Beginning  at  the  bottom  he 
has  worked  up  to  the  managership 
of  the  large  interests  of  that  com- 
pany in  Fort  Worth.  In  this  way 
he  has  been  connected  closely  with 
much  of  the  building  activity  that 
has  marked  the  city  in  the  past  few 
years.  Mr.  Sloan  is  of  Scotch  an- 
cestry, members  of  the  family  having 
come  to  America  at  an  early  date. 
Both  his  mother  and  father  were 
natives  of  North  Carolina,  where  he, 
also,  was  born.  He  is  the  son  of 
John  L.  Sloan  and  Mrs.  Salena 
Sloan.  A  Democrat  all  his  life,  he 
has  taken  no  part  in  politics  in  an 
active  way  and  has  not  sought 
political  office  nor  preferment,  de- 
voting his  time  exclusively  to  the 
business  in  which  he  has  proven  so 
successful.  He  married  Miss  Emma 
Shulenberger  thirteen  years  ago,  a 
short  time  after  coming  to  Texas  to 
make  his  residence  here.  Mr.  Sloan 
is  a  member  of  the  Masons  and  the 
Elks.  He  is  extremely  fond  of 
hunting  and  spends  his  recreation 
periods  largely  in  the  field  with  his 
gun.  He  is  one  of  the  most  popular 
of  the  host  of  young  business  men 
who  have  made  Fort  Worth  notable 
for  its  push  and  energy,  and  in  addi- 
tion to  his  important  business  con- 
nections has  built  up  a  large  ac- 
quaintance and  has  a  host  of  loyal 
friends. 


B.  O.  Smith 

|ENJ  AMIN  OTHER 
SMITH,  president  of  the 
Farmers  and  Mechanics 
National  Bank,  has 
played  a  prominent  part 
in  the  financial  activi- 
ties of  Fort  Worth  and  its  trade  ter- 
ritory. Having  been  connected  with 
this  bank  since  its  organization  in 
1889,  he  has  held  various  positions 
of  responsibility  in  it  until  February, 
1911,  he  became  its  chief  official.  In 
1884,  he  came  to  Fort  Worth  and 
was  connected  with  the  B.  C.  Evans 
company  in  the  wholesale  mercan- 
tile business  remaining  with  them 
until  the  formation  of  the  Farmers 
and  Mechanics'  Bank.  His  motto 
has  been  Fort  Worth,  first,  last  and 
all  the  time,  and  he  has  been  an 
official  of  many  of  the  organizations 
working  for  the  city's  advancement. 
Mr.  Smith  was  born  in  Boyle  County, 
Kentucky,  October  17,  1867,  the  son 
of  A.  R.  and  Minerva  Calvert  Smith. 
He  married  Miss  Frances  H.  Port- 
wood  in  1891.  They  have  one  child, 
Ben  O.  Smith,  Jr.  In  addition  to  his 
banking  connections,  Mr.  Smith  has 
an  interest  in  a  number  of  the  suc- 
cessful business  enterprises  of  Fort 
Worth  and  always  has  been  an 
active  worker  for  the  upbuilding  of 
the  commercial  and  industrial  wel- 
fare of  the  city.  His  residence  at 
Arlington  Heights  occupies  one  of 
the  most  beautiful  sites  in  all  North 
Texas,  overlooking  the  valley  of  the 
West  Fork.  Among  the  prominent 
business  organizations  in  which  he 
holds  an  official  position  are:  Di- 
rector Mount  Olivet  Cemetery;  di- 
rector Mount  Olivet  Burial  Associa- 
tion, and  treasurer  of  the  U.  B.  A.' 
the  Mutual  Home  Association,  the 
Texas  Anchor  Fence  Company,  and 
the  Fort  Worth  Jobbers'  and  Manu- 
facturers' League. 


E.  B.  Spiller 


DMUND  BERKELEY 
SPILLER,  secretary  and 
general  manager  of  the 
Cattle  Raisers'  Associa- 
tion of  Texas,  is  one  of 
■1*^  the   youngest   men  who 

has  ever  held  that  position,  with  its 
great  importance  to  the  livestock  in- 
terests of  the  State.  His  choice  for 
the  appointment,  which  he  has  held 
successively  for  several  terms,  is  par- 
ticularly fitting,  his  grandfather,  J. 
C.  Loving,  having  been  the  first  sec- 
retary of  the  now  powerful  organiza- 
tion. As  secretary  of  this  organiza- 
tion he  occupies  a  position  that  brings 
him  in  close  contact  with  the  great- 
est cattle  interests  of  the  Southwest- 
ern part  of  the  United  States  and  a 
large  part  of  Mexico,  the  membership 
covering  all  that  territory.  Since  he 
succeeded  H.  E.  Crowley  as  secre- 
tary upon  Mr.  Crowley's  resignation, 
his  administration  has  been  so  sat- 
isfactory that  he  has  been  repeatedly 
elected  his  own  successor  by  accla- 
mation. Mr.  Spiller  is  the  son  of 
George  Spiller,  Sr.,  and  Mrs.  Belle 
Loving  Spiller.  His  father  came  to 
Texas  from  Virginia  and  his  mother 
was  a  native  of  Lovings  Valley,  Tex- 
as. Mr.  Spiller  was  born  at  Jacks- 
boro,  Texas,  October  24,  1885,  where 
he  lived  until  he  came  to  Fort  Worth 
as  assistant  secretary  of  the  Cattle 
Raisers'  Association.  July  16,  1908, 
he  married  Miss  Frances  Wright  of 
Mansfield,  Texas.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Bovinians  and  the  Fort  Worth 
Club  and  an  ardent  baseball  fan. 


R.  T.  Stuart 

T.    STUART,     president 
of  the  stock  and  bond 
firm    of    R.    T.    Stuart 
and      Company,      was 
born       near       Terrell, 
Kaufman  County,  Tex- 
as, January  24,  1880,  his  grandfath- 
er having  come  from  Scotland  when 
a  boy   and   locating   in   that  county. 
Of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  his  people 
were    all    early    pioneers    of   Texas. 
After  Mr.  Stuart  finished  college  he 
located     at     Vernon,     at     nineteen, 
teaching   school    and    writing    insur- 
ance on  Saturday.  His  success  in  in- 
surance was  so   phenomenal   that  it 
attracted   the   attention   of   the   vice- 
president   of   the    Equitable    Life   of 
New  York,  and  he  was  made  general 
agent  of  the  Company.     At  twenty- 
five  he  made  the  world's  record  with 
the  Company,  having  won  the  Loving 
Cup  which  was  presented  at  a  con- 
vention   in    New    York    attended    by 
delegates   from   all   over   the   world. 
He  came  to  Fort  Worth  in   1907  as 
general  agent  of  the  Pacific  Mutual, 
and  in   1908  won  a  Loving  Cup  for 
having  the  largest  producing  agency 
in   the   United   States.     In   January, 
1909,  he  formed  the  American  Home 
Life     Insurance     Agency     of     Fort 
Worth  of  which  he  was  elected  pres- 
ident;   in    September,    1909,    he    re- 
signed its  presidency  and  organized 
the     Bankers'     Trust     Company     of 
which  he  is  president.     He  also  or- 
ganized the  Commonwealth  Bonding 
&  Casualty  Insurance  Company,  of 
which     he     is     vice-president.    Mr. 
Stuart  is   also   interested   in   the  or- 
ganization  of   other   corporations   in 
Fort  Worth   and   Texas,   and   during 
the  past  two  years  has  added  over 
three  and   a  half  million   dollars   of 
capital   to   Fort   Worth   financial   in- 
stitutions.   Mr.  Stuart  is  a  self-made 
man,    having    educated    himself    by 
working  in  the  harvest  fields  in  sum- 
mer, earning  money  to  go  to  school 
in  winter.    Success  is  his  one  watch- 
word   and    will    power    his    road    to 
success.      He    married    Miss    Maud 
McKibin,  of  Vernon,  Texas.     He  is 
a    thirty-second     degree     Mason,     a 
Shriner,    a    Knight    Templar    and    a 
Pythian.     In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat. 


James  T.  Taylor 


AMES  THOMAS  TAY- 
LOR, president  of  the 
Jas.  T.  Taylor  Com- 
pany, is  a  native  of 
England,  where  his  an- 
cestors for  the  past  500 
years  have  been  residents  of  the 
County  of  Surrey.  He  was  born  in 
1870  at  Epsom,  England,  where  both 
his  father,  Henry  Taylor,  and  his 
mother,  Mrs.  Sarah  Jane  Lipscomb 
Taylor,  were  born.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  English  schools  be- 
fore coming  to  America.  In  June, 
1905,  he  married  Miss  Edna  Earle 
Ratcliff,  following  the  death  of  his 
first  wife,  Mrs.  Cora  Mitchell,  whom 
he  married  in  April,  1889.  He  has 
three  children,  James  Oscar,  Jessie 
May  and  Edna  Earle.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  River  Crest  Country  Club. 
Mr.  Taylor  belongs  also  to  the  Elks, 
the  Hoo-Hoos  and  the  Saddle  and 
Sirloin  Club.  Devoting  his  attention 
to  the  details  of  railroad,  good  roads, 
public  buildings  and  private  con- 
struction, he  finds  his  recreation  in 
automobiling,  golf  and  baseball.  He 
is  also  an  enthusiastic  lover  of  flow- 
ers and  is  expending  large  sums  in 
importing  plants  for  his  Arlington 
Heights  grounds.  Mr.  Taylor  estab- 
lished the  first  Portland  Cement  fac- 
tory in  Dallas,  an  institution  that  now 
employs  2,500  men.  He  also  estab- 
lished the  sash  and  door  factory  in 
Fort  Worth,  the  most-  modern  plant 
of  the  sort  west  of  the  Mississippi. 
In  addition  to  his  business  interests 
he  owns  a  half  interest  in  the  Buck- 
ingham apartment  house. 

He  was  head  of  the  company 
which  secured  the  contract  for  build- 
ing the  system  of  cardinal  roads 
leading  into  Fort  Worth.  These 
roads  have  attracted  attention  all 
over  the  Southwest  and  are  being 
used  as  a  model  for  road  improve- 
ment in  many  places.  The  high- 
ways, rapidly  being  completed,  will 
make  Fort  Worth  the  center  of  a 
great  good  roads  system.  Among 
other  noted  constructions  carried  out 
by  him  here  is  the  modern  Denver- 
Record  building  at  Fifth  and 
Throckmorton  streets.  His  home  at 
Arlington  Heights  is  one  of  the 
handsomest  and  most  complete  in 
the  entire  Southwest. 


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J.  L.  Terrell 


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OHN  LAWRENCE 
TERRELL,  born 
August  1,  1873,  is  a  na- 
tive of  Fort  Worth  and 
a  member  of  one  of 
Tarrant  County's  pio- 
neer families.  His  father,  Joseph  C. 
Terrell,  came  to  this  State  from  Mis- 
souri and  settled  in  Fort  Worth  in 
1857.  His  mother's  maiden  name 
was  Mary  V.  Lawrence.  Judge 
Terrell's  early  education  was  secured 
in  the  public  schools  of  Fort  Worth. 
After  a  finishing  course  at  Randolph- 
Macon  College,  Virginia,  he  entered 
the  University  of  Texas  at  Austin 
where  he  studied  law.  Graduating 
there  he  returned  to  Fort  Worth  and 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  The  war  with  Spain 
broke  out  just  about  this  time  and 
young  Terrell  was  one  of  the  first  to 
enlist  for  service.  He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  Company  D,  sec- 
ond volunteer  infantry,  and  served 
as  its  second  lieutenant.  After  his 
company  was  mustered  out  he  re- 
sumed his  law  practice  in  Fort 
Worth,  also  taking  an  active  part  in 
Democratic  party  affairs.  The  first 
office  to  which  he  was  elected  was 
that  of  justice  of  the  peace.  After 
three  terms  in  this  office  he  was 
elected  county  judge,  which  office 
he  held  until  four  years  ago.  Judge 
Terrell  is  a  member  of  the  Kappa 
Sigma  fraternity,  the  Elks,  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  1901  he  mar- 
ried Miss  Ann  Ross  Bowlin  of 
this  city.  They  have  one  child, 
Catherine  Ross,  aged  eleven  years. 
In  addition  to  his  legal  practice 
Judge  Terrell  is  interested  in  the 
General  Construction  Company  and 
makes  the  advancement  of  Fort 
Worth  his  hobby. 


Geo.  Thompson 

EORGE  THOMPSON, 
for  twenty-seven  years 
a  prominent  figure  in 
Fort  Worth's  legal  cir- 
cles, had  a  "rawhide 
chair  and  a  pine  table" 
as  his  alma  mater.  Born 
near  Winchester,  Tennessee,  in  1857, 
Mr.  Thompson,  after  a  literary  course 
at  Carrick  Academy,  Winchester, 
taught  school  for  a  few  terms  and 
then  began  reading  law  in  W.  H. 
Brannon's  office.  He  secured  his 
license  in  November,  1880,  and  be- 
came Brannon's  partner.  Terminat- 
ing the  partnership  in  1887,  Mr. 
Thompson  came  to  Fort  Worth, 
where  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
Henry  Finch.  Soon  after  his  ar- 
rival here,  he  entered  the  legal 
service  of  the  Texas  &  Pacific  Rail- 
way Company  and  the  Missouri, 
Kansas  &  Texas  Railway  Company 
as  justice  court  attorney.  A  year 
later  he  was  promoted  to  the  posi- 
tion of  legal  representative  for  these 
companies  in  all  the  Tarrant  county 
courts.  He  was  Mr.  Finch's  partner 
until  the  latter's  death  in  1892.  He 
then  formed  a  partnership  with  Judge 
N.  A.  Stedman,  which  lasted  until 
Judge  Stedman  became  a  member 
of  the  State  Railroad  Commission  in 
1894.  F.  B.  Stanley  and  M.  A. 
Spoonts  then  became  Mr.  Thompson's 
partners,  the  firm  being  Stanley, 
Spoonts  &  Thompson.  Later  it  be- 
came Spoonts  &  Thompson.  J.  H. 
Barwise  eventually  was  taken  into 
the  firm.  Since  Judge  Spoonts' 
death  in  July,  1912,  it  has  been 
known  as  Thompson  &  Barwise.  In 
addition  to  its  work  for  the  Texas 
&  Pacific  and  the  Missouri,  Kansas 
&  Texas,  the  firm  now  acts  as  gen- 
eral attorney  for  the  Denver  and 
attorney  for  the  Cotton  Belt,  H.  & 
T.  C,  the  I.  &  G.  N.  and  the 
Western  Union  Telegraph  Company. 
It  also  represents  several  Fort  Worth 
industrial  companies  with  large  in- 
terests. Mr.  Thompson  married  Miss 
Anna  B.  Baker  at  Houston  in  1885. 
He  has  four  children.  His  oldest 
son,  George  Thompson,  Jr.,  is  asso- 
ciated with  him  in  his  law  practice. 
His  other  sons  are  Beverly  Thomp- 
son, a  student  at  Yale,  and  Mack 
Thompson,  who  is  attending  school 
at  Andover.  His  only  daughter  is 
Mrs.  Bert  Honea,  of  Fort  Worth. 


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G.  B.  Turner 

!1AINES  B.  TURNER 
belongs  to  that  long  list 
of  Texas  farmer  boys 
who  have  risen  to 
prominence  in  their 
native  State.  Mr. 
Turner  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Rusk 
county  forty-two  years  ago.  His  early 
life  was  spent  there  and  his  early 
education  was  obtained  in  the  rural 
schools  of  his  county.  Afterward 
he  attended  Sam  Houston  Normal 
School  at  Huntsville  and  the 
National  University  of  Lebanon, 
Ohio,  from  both  of  which  he  was 
graduated  with  honors.  Leaving  the 
university  he  returned  to  his  native 
county  and  began  the  practice  of  law, 
shortly  thereafter  becoming  identi- 
fied with  the  politics  of  his  county 
and  being  honored  by  election  to  the 
legislature.  He  served  as  represent- 
ative in  the  Twenty-third  and  Twenty- 
fourth  Legislatures.  Five  years  ago 
Mr.  Turner  came  to  Fort  Worth  and 
formed  a  partnership  with  former 
Judge  Mike  E.  Smith,  Tom  Bradley 
and  T.  J.  Powell.  This  partnership 
continued  until  Mr.  Powell  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  City  Com- 
mission and  withdrew,  and  Mr.  Tur- 
ner and  Mr.  Bradley  then  constituted 
the  firm.  He  later  became  associated 
with  former  Senator  D.  W.  Odell. 
Mr.  Turner  is  a  lover  of  nature  and 
animals.  He  has  a  magnificent 
country  place  on  the  interurban 
where  he  has  the  finest  herd  of  deer 
in  the  State,  as  well  as  fine  blooded 
stock  of  other  kinds  and  fancy 
pigeons.  Every  year  Mr.  Turner 
gives  a  venison  dinner  to  a  large 
party  of  his  friends,  and  so  enjoy- 
able has  this  affair  proven  that  it 
has  become  an  event  now  looked 
forward  to  by  those  fortunate  enough 
to  be  on  his  invitation  list. 


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K.  M.  Van  Zandt 


AJOR  GENERAL  KHLE- 
BER  MILLER  VAN 
ZANDT,  son  of  Isaac 
Van  Zandt,  who  nego- 
tiated the  treaty  of  an- 
nexation by  which  Texas 
became  a  part  of  the  United  States, 
has  been  a  figure  in  the  development 
of  Fort  Worth  since  its  earliest  days. 
Major  Van  Zandt  was  born  in 
Franklin  County,  Tennessee,  in  1836, 
but  was  brought  by  his  parents  to 
the  then  Republic  of  Texas  in  1839, 
settling  in  Harrison  County.  His 
father,  Isaac  Van  Zandt,  was  a  Ten- 
nesseean.  His  death  occurred  while 
he  was  running  for  Governor  in  1847, 
as  the  result  of  an  attack  of  yellow 
fever.  His  mother,  Frances  Cooke 
Lipscomb  Van  Zandt,  was  a  Virginian 
and  lived  here  until  1909,  when  her 
death  occurred  in  Fort  Worth. 
Trained  as  a  lawyer,  Major  Van 
Zandt  had  embarked  upon  that  pro- 
fession when  the  Civil  War  occurred. 
He  organized  Company  D,  Seventh 
Texas  Regiment,  and  was  chosen  its 
Captain.  At  its  head  he  participated 
in  many  of  the  hardest  engagements 
of  the  war  and  at  Raymond,  Miss., 
lost  half  his  company  in  the  fighting 
of  the  day.  He  was  taken  prisoner 
at  Fort  Donaldson,  February  16,  1862, 
and  exchanged  at  Vicksburg,  Miss., 
September  16,  1862.  For  his  field 
services  he  had  been  promoted  to 
Major  when  his  hard  campaigning 
broke  down  his  health  and  he  was 
ordered  from  field  service  by  the 
army  surgeons.  He  returned  to 
Texas  and  in  1865  located  in  Fort 
Worth.  The  first  land  he  secured 
here  was  in  the  block  where  the 
Westbrook  now  stands.  He  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  and  later 
entered  the  banking  business  as  a 
member  of  Tidball,  Van  Zandt  & 
Co.,  predecessors  of  the  Fort  Worth 
National  Bank,  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent. In  1873  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Legislature  against 
his  own  wishes  and  served  in  that 
body.  He  has  also  served  as  mem- 
ber of  the  School  Board  and  is  at 
present  a  member  of  the  City  Park 
Board.  He  is  at  present  Commander 
of  the  Trans-Mississippi  Department 
of  the  U.  C.  V. 


C.  R.  Vickery 

T  used  to  be  said  that 
when  a  man  failed  in 
every  other  business  he 
tried  real  estate.  And 
it  was  true  in  most 
cases  then.  But  it  is 
far  from  true  in  the  case  of  Chas.  R. 
Vickery.  He  entered  the  real  estate 
business  from  choice  and  opportunity 
and  the  big  success  that  he  has  made 
has  demonstrated  that  his  selection 
was  based  on  sound  business  judg- 
ment. Few  young  men  in  Fort  Worth 
have  made  as  great  a  success  in 
their  chosen  work  as  has  Chas.  R. 
Vickery.  Among  real  estate  men  he 
ranks  as  one  of  the  most  energetic 
and  successful  in  the  city.  Many  of 
the  biggest  and  most  improved  addi- 
tions in  the  city  were  promoted  by 
him,  as  sales  agent  for  the  Hyde 
Park  Land  Company  and  the  Mutual 
Land  Company.  Mr.  Vickery  is  a 
native  of  Texas,  having  been  born 
in  Waxahachie,  April  13,  1884.  Both 
his  father  and  mother  were  of  Eng- 
lish parentage.  He  was  educated  at 
Racine  College,  Racine,  Wisconsin, 
and  later  at  the  Eastman  Business 
College,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York. 
Mr.  Vickery  is  prominently  identified 
with  various  clubs  and  public  or- 
ganizations of  the  city.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Elks,  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Fort  Worth  Club  and 
Real  Estate  Exchange.  Never  a 
seeker  for  public  office  of  any  sort, 
for  himself,  Mr.  Vickery  has  taken 
an  active  part  in  the  campaigns 
of  many  of  his  friends  and  is 
reckoned  as  a  political  factor  in  both 
city  and  county.  His  judgment  in 
political  matters  is  as  good  as  that 
of  many  professional  politicians.  He 
is  an  enthusiastic  motorist  and 
spends  most  of  his  leisure  time  in 
that  way. 


R.  S.  Wakefield 

OBERT  S.  WAKE- 
FIELD, as  General 
Manager  of  the  Fort 
Worth  branch  of  the 
Wesco  Supply  Com- 
pany, became  a  prom- 
inent business  leader.  He  is  a 
native  son  of  Illinois,  San  Jose  being 
his  birthplace.  His  father,  Clark 
Wakefield,  came  from  Johnstown, 
Pennsylvania,  and  his  mother,  Emma 
Wakefield,  from  Springfield,  Illinois. 
Fitted  by  long  experience  in  the 
jobbing  end  of  the  electrical  supply 
business,  the  owners  of  the  ex- 
tensive Wesco  Company  selected  Mr. 
Wakefield  as  the  head  of  their 
Southwestern  branch,  located  in  Fort 
Worth.  He  has  since  gone  to  Waco 
as  representative  of  the  Western 
Electric  Company,  where  he  is  as 
active  as  he  was  in  Fort  Worth.  In 
fact,  Mr.  Wakefield  is  known  for  one 
hobby,  getting  orders  and  more  or- 
ders for  electrical  supplies.  Miss 
Clara  B.  Bye  and  Mr.  Wakefield 
were  married  April  24,  1894,  and 
they  have  two  children,  aged  14  and 
16,  respectively.  Though  never  in- 
terested directly  in  politics,  either 
national  or  municipal  in  so  far  as 
seeking  office  is  concerned,  Mr. 
Wakefield  is  a  follower  of  the  Re- 
publican doctrines,  both  in  state  and 
national  issues.  Mr.  Wakefield  is  a 
member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  Ad  Club  and  a  leader 
among  the  Jovians  in  Texas.  Full 
of  energy  and  fun,  he  has  been  the 
life  of  several  Fort  Worth  trade  ex- 
cursions. 


J.  A.  Walkup 

A.  WALKUP  is  a  prom- 
inent wholesale  and  re- 
tail druggist  of  Fort 
Worth.  His  ancestors 
were  among  the  early 
Scotch  settlers  who 
came  to  Virginia,  later  moving  to 
Tennessee.  His  father  and  mother 
both  were  born  in  Somerville, 
that  State.  Mr.  Walkup  was  born 
at  Cameron,  Texas,  in  1878.  He 
came  to  Fort  Worth  in  1894  to  enter 
Polytechnic  College,  after  having 
attended  the  public  schools  at  Waxa- 
hachie.  In  1900,  after  graduating 
from  the  University  of  the  South,  he 
returned  to  Fort  Worth  and  became 
associated  with  the  firm  of  Small- 
wood  and  Anderson,  at  Seventh  and 
Main  streets.  He  left  to  take  a  post- 
graduate course  in  Washington  Uni- 
versity, St.  Louis,  and  upon  return- 
ing, again  established  the  drug  busi- 
ness he  now  conducts  at  1610  Main 
street.  In  addition  to  the  Walkup 
store,  he  is  interested  in  the  Max- 
well-Clark Wholesale  Drug  Company 
and  is  vice-president  of  that  com- 
pany. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walkup  have 
one  son,  J.  A.  Walkup,  Jr.,  born 
October  10,  1912.  Motoring  is  Mr. 
Walkup's  hobby.  He  is  a  Mason 
and  a  Shriner.  When  the  institution 
of  a  Shrine  Temple  in  Fort  Worth 
was  proposed  he  became  one  of  the 
most  ardent  supporters  of  the  plan, 
and  was  one  of  the  large  party  of 
Shriners  who  went  to  Atlanta  and 
secured  the  necessary  authority  for 
the  establishment  of  Moslah  Temple. 
He  displays  the  same  energy  in  all 
matters  in  which  he  takes  an  interest 
and  is  one  of  the  hustling  business 
men  of  the  city. 


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Paul  Waples 

lAUL  WAPLES,  promi- 
nent in  many  lines  of 
business  activity  in 
Texas,  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  whole 
State  as  well  as  Fort  Worth.  He  has 
always  taken  an  active  interest  in 
politics,  and  rendered  notable  public 
service  as  chairman  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  St.  Louis  World's 
Fair.  Mr.  Waples  was  born  in  Chil- 
licothe,  Missouri,  February  4,  1850, 
the  son  of  Edward  B.  and  Nancy 
Waples.  His  father  was  born  in 
Delaware  and  his  mother  in  Ken- 
tucky. He  came  to  Texas  in  1876, 
locating  at  Denison,  moving  from 
there  to  Sherman  and  then  to  Fort 
Worth,  where  he  has  resided  since 
1894.  He  graduated  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Missouri  in  1871  and  in  1872 
married  Miss  Minnie  E.  Hubbard  of 
Columbia,  Missouri.  He  is  perhaps 
best  known  in  business  circles  as 
president  of  the  Waples-Platter  Gro- 
cer Company.  He  is  vice-president 
of  the  Waples-Painter  Lumber  Com- 
pany of  Gainesville,  chairman  of  the 
board  of  directors  of  the  Star-Tele- 
gram and  a  director  of  the  American 
Exchange  National  Bank  of  Dallas. 
He  is  also  connected  with  many  busi- 
ness and  financial  institutions  in  Fort 
Worth  and  is  one  of  the  heavy  con- 
tributors and  supporters  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  Mr.  Waples 
is  an  Elk.  His  principal  recreation 
is  gulf  fishing,  for  which  he  main- 
tains a  well-appointed  yacht  on  the 
gulf  coast.  Never  a  seeker  for 
office,  he  has  been  prominent  in  the 
councils  of  the  Democratic  party.  In 
the  recent  State  campaign  he  was 
one  of  the  earliest  and  strongest 
supporters  of  James  E.  Ferguson. 
At  the  El  Paso  convention  he  was 
elected  chairman  of  the  State  Demo- 
cratic Executive  Committee. 


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J.  E.  Weeden 


OHN  E.  WEEDEN, 
vice-president  and  sec- 
retary of  the  Texas 
Brewing  Company  and 
interested  in  many  of 
Fort  Worth's  big  en- 
terprises, is  an  example  of  a  North- 
ern capitalist  who  has  faith  enough 
in  Texas  to  adopt  the  state  as  his 
own  and  to  invest  his  money  in  its 
development.  Mr.  Weeden  was  born 
in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  a 
family  prominent  in  the  manufac- 
turing circles  of  the  New  England 
city.  His  father,  William  B.,  was 
a  native  of  Bristol,  Rhode  Island, 
and  his  mother,  Hannah  R.  Balch, 
of  Providence.  Both  were  of  Eng- 
lish descent.  Like  so  many  other 
sons  of  Rhode  Island  families, 
young  Weeden  was  sent  to  Brown 
University,  from  which  institution  he 
graduated  in  1891.  Several  years 
later  he  came  to  Fort  Worth  and  be- 
came largely  interested  in  the 
Texas  Brewing  Company.  Mr. 
Weeden  has  numerous  other  inter- 
ests in  Fort  Worth.  He  is  president 
of  the  Texas  Fixture  Company,  a 
director  in  the  Home  Improvement 
Association,  a  director  in  the  Texas 
National  Fire  Insurance  Company 
and  a  director  in  the  Polytechnic 
Heights  Investment  Company.  Few 
men  in  Fort  Worth  -have  better  or 
firmer  friends  than  "Jack"  Weeden, 
both  in  a  business  and  a  social  way. 
Mr.  Weeden  is  a  member  of  the 
Elks  and  he  is  a  heavy  contributor 
to  the  Fort  Worth  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, of  which  he  is  a  member,  as 
well  as  a  supporter  of  all  movements 
for  development  of  the  city. 


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T.  F.  West 

THOMAS  F.  WEST,  a 
native  of  Virginia,  has 
been  a  resident  of  Fort 
Worth  since  1876, 
having  come  to  this  city 
June  25  of  that  year, 
before  the  then  frontier  town  had 
any  railroad  connections.  In  this 
spirit  of  taking  up  the  development 
of  a  new  country  he  was  but  follow- 
ing the  family  trait,  his  noted  an- 
cestor, Sir  Thomas  West,  Lord  Dela- 
ware, being  the  head  of  the  Ameri- 
can branch  of  the  family  settling  in 
Virginia  in  1654.  Mr.  West  is  the 
son  of  Frank  T.  West  and  Addie  M. 
West,  both  of  Virginia.  He  was 
born  in  Louisa  County,  Virginia,  July 
22,  1852.  He  was  educated  at  Ran- 
dolph Macon  College,  graduating  in 
1869,  and  at  Washington  and  Lee 
University,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1873.  After  coming  to 
Fort  Worth  to  begin  the  practice  of 
law  in  1876,  he  went  to  Jacksboro 
for  a  short  time,  but  returned  to 
Fort  Worth  in  September,  1886.  As 
an  attorney  he  has  been  representa- 
tive of  the  Frisco  system  lines  and 
a  prominent  member  of  the  bar.  A 
sound  money  Democrat  all  his  life, 
he  has  not  sought  political  office,  de- 
voting himself  to  his  practice.  Mr. 
West  was  one  of  the  members  of 
the  original  Elks'  Lodge  in  Fort 
Worth  and  a  prominent  member  of 
the  present  organization.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
and  the  Odd  Fellows  and  a  member 
of  the  Delta  Psi  Fraternity.  He 
married  Miss  Mabel  Creel,  July  12, 
1878. 


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Dr.  W.  B.  West 

R.     WILLIAM     BEVER- 
LEY WEST,  the  son  of 
Capt.  Francis  Thornton 
West,  a  prominent  Mex- 
ican War  veteran,  and 
descendant  of  Lord  De 
La  Ware  and  Thomas  West,  an  early 
Governor   of   Virginia,   has   taken   a 
great  interest  in  public  health  mat- 
ters as  well  as  carrying  on  his  large 
private  practice.     He  was  President 
of  the  old  Board  of  Health,  and  City 
Physician   in    1890,    1891    and    1892. 
He  was  professor  of  skin  and  blood 
diseases  in  Fort  Worth  Medical  Col- 
lege for  seventeen  years  but  resigned 
recently    and    is    local    surgeon    for 
the  Houston  &  Texas  Central  Rail- 
way and  medical  examiner  for  sev- 
eral large  insurance  companies  and 
a  member  of  the  State  and  County 
Medical  Societies.     He  was  educated 
at    Randolph    Macon    College    and 
graduated  from  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians  and  Surgeons,   Baltimore,  in 
1885.     His  mother  was  Miss  Addie 
M.    Chiles,   great  -  granddaughter   of 
Edmund     Randolph,     first    Attorney 
General  of  the  United  States.     She 
was  born  at  Cool  Springs,  Va.,  and 
is  still  living  at  82  years  of  age  at 
the  family  country  home,  Westland, 
Va.      His    father    was    a    native    of 
White  Chimneys,  Va..    Dr.  West  was 
born     in     Louisa    County,    Virginia, 
January  30,  1862.     He  married  Miss 
Alice  Mensing  of  Galveston,  Texas, 
October  21,    1896.     They  have   four 
children,  three  boys  and  a  daughter. 
Dr.  West  Is  an  ardent  fisherman  and 
that  is  his  favorite  recreation.     He 
is  a  Mason,  an  Elk,  and  a  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias.   At  college 
he  was  a  Kappa  Alpha. 


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C.  A.  Wheeler 

HARLES     ARCHER 
WHEELER,    president 
and    treasurer    of    the 
laundry  which  has  be- 
come a  household  word 
in    Texas,    particularly 
in  Fort  Worth,  is  a  native  of  Mans- 
field,    Ohio,     where     he     was     born 
March  28,   1874.     His  father,  W.  B. 
Wheeler,  and  his  mother,  Amelia  A. 
Larimore  Wheeler,  are  also  residents 
of  Fort  Worth.     W.  B.  Wheeler  was 
born    at    Oxford,    New    York,    while 
his    wife    is    from    Mansfield,    Ohio. 
The    Wheelers    are    of    Scotch-Irish 
stock.     Charles  "Acme"  Wheeler  is 
a  graduate  of  the  Fort  Worth   pub- 
lic     schools.      Together      with      his 
father,    he    purchased     the    present 
Acme  plant  when  it  was  neither  pre- 
tentious in  size  nor  in  work  like  the 
present  institution,  the  largest  laun- 
dry  in   the   Southwest.     By   the   ap- 
plication of  business  principles  and 
more     especially     by     hard     work, 
Charlie    Wheeler    soon    started    the 
Acme  to  growing.  It  hasn't  quit  yet. 
One  of  Mr.  Wheeler's  hobbies — his 
only   hobby,   in   fact — is   work,   then 
more  work.  That's  one  of  the  secrets 
of  his  success  in   Fort  Worth.     Mr. 
Wheeler   and   Miss   Alberta    Bridges 
of  Fort  Worth  were  married  Septem- 
ber 19,  1894,  and  two  children  have 
been  born  to  them,  William  B.,  aged 
eighteen,    and    Charles    A.,    sixteen 
years.     Charlie   Wheeler   is   person- 
ally one  of  the  most  popular  men  in 
Fort  Worth.    He  is  a  member  of  the 
Shriners,  B.  P.  O.  E.,  Country  Club, 
the     Advertising    Men's     Club     and 
Chamber  of  Commerce.     He  is  Pres- 
ident of  the  National   Laundrymen's 
Association  of  America. 


W.  M.  Whitenton 

IILLIAM  MAYNARD 
WHITENTON,  former 
manager  of  the  First 
District  of  the  Rock 
Island  Railway,  with 
headquarters  at  D  e  s 
Moines,  Iowa,  is  still  claimed  as  a 
Fort  Worth  man  of  affairs.  During 
his  residence  here  as  vice-president 
and  general  manager  of  the  Chicago, 
Rock  Island  &  Gulf  Railway  and  as 
general  manager  of  the  Third  Dis- 
trict of  the  Chicago,  Rock  Island  & 
Pacific,  he  became  closely  identified 
with  Fort  Worth  activities.  He 
married  in  this  city  in  1888,  his  wife 
having  been  Miss  Annie  May  Wins- 
low.  Mr.  Whitenton  is  a  native 
Texan,  born  near  Victoria,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1867.  His  father,  Cole 
C.  Whitenton,  was  a  native  of  North 
Carolina,  and  his  mother,  Sallie 
Henry  Whitenton,  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee. Mr.  Whitenton  graduated 
from  the  public  schools  in  1883  and 
at  once  began  railroading  as  a  pro- 
fession. He  is  a  Mason,  including 
the  Shrine,  and  an  Elk.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat.  His  rapid  suc- 
cess In  the  railroad  world  is  partially 
due  to  his  fidelity  to  his  motto  of 
keeping  everlastingly  at  it.  He  re- 
tired from  the  Rock  Island  in  1913, 
after  having  had  a  most  successful 
railroad  career.  While  a  resident  of 
Fort  Worth  he  made  a  great  host 
of  friends,  who  regretted  his  de- 
parture from  the  city  at  the  same 
time  that  they  welcomed  his  further 
advancement  in  his  chosen  profes- 
sion. He  is  one  of  the  numerous 
Texans  who  have  attained  great 
prominence  in  railway  circles. 


W.  W.  Wilkinson 

^F  SOME  day  in  the 
future,  residents  of 
Fort  Worth  begin  to 
cast  about  to  discover 
the  father  of  street 
paving  in  the  prettiest 
and  best  paved  city  in  the  South, 
they  will  finally  select  William  War- 
ren Wilkinson,  attorney-at-law.  It 
was  he  who  persuaded  seventy-five 
per  cent  of  the  property  owners  be- 
tween Magnolia  and  Jessamine 
streets  on  Hemphill  to  sign  paving 
contracts  many  years  ago.  The  move- 
ment, started  then  by  Mr.  Wilkin- 
son, has  been  growing  and  growing 
until  now  it  is  almost  a  habit  in 
Fort  Worth.  W.  W.  Wilkinson  was 
born  and  reared  on  a  farm  seven- 
teen miles  west  of  Corsicana,  Na- 
varro county,  Texas.  The  date  of 
his  birth  was  December  30,  1869. 
His  father  was  Isaac  Newton  Wil- 
kinson and  his  mother  was  Sue 
Hust,  both  natives  of  Tennessee. 
Young  Wilkinson's  literary  educa- 
tion was  obtained  at  Staunton  Mili- 
tary Academy  in  Staunton,  Virginia, 
and  his  professional  education  in  the 
law  department  of  the  University  of 
Texas.  Since  coming  to  Fort  Worth 
to  practice  his  profession  Mr.  Wil- 
kinson has  won  an  enviable  reputa- 
tion. He  is  attorney  for  the  Texas 
Bitulithic  Company.  -  From  1903  to 
1904,  he  was  assistant  city  corpora- 
tion counsel  in  charge  of  the  delin- 
quent tax  department.  Mr.  Wilkin- 
son married  Emma  A.  Morris,  June 
24,  1903.  Two  children,  boys,  one 
nine  years  and  the  other  four 
years,  have  been  born.  Mr.  Wil- 
kinson has  always  been  a  Democrat. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Fort  Worth 
Woodmen  of  the  World,  the  Fort 
Worth  Club  and  of  the  Kappa  Sigma 
fraternity. 


W.  E.  Williams 


ALTER      E  R  S  K  I  N  E 


^i  WILLIAMS,  for  twen- 
ty-three years  an  active 
practitioner  of  law  at 
the  Fort  Worth  bar 
and  now  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Williams  &  Smith,  has 
been  a  prominent  public  figure  since 
his  coming  to  this  city.  He  is  a 
son  of  Rev.  Edmund  J.  and  Almyra 
P.  Williams.  He  has  continued  in 
active  service  for  the  church  in 
which  he  was  reared  and  is  identified 
with  many  movements  of  religious 
importance.  For  fourteen  years  he 
has  been  a  member  of  the  General 
Conference  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
Until  a  short  time  ago  he  was  a 
member  and  secretary  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Polytechnic  College. 
He  is  recognized  as  a  leader  in  the 
rapidly  growing  Laymen's  Missionary 
movement,  being  now  a  member  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
movement  of  his  church,  and  is 
himself  a  striking  example  of  the 
highly  successful  professional  man 
who  has  found  ample  time  from  his 
business  cares  to  devote  to  church 
and  educational  work.  For  two 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  school 
board  and  served  a  similar  period 
of  time  in  the  city  council.  At  one 
time  he  was  special  county  judge. 
Though  prominent  in  the  affairs  of 
the  Democratic  party,  he  has  not  held 
nor  sought  other  public  offices.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  nearly  every 
State  Democratic  convention  since  he 
came  to  Texas.  Of  Welsh-Irish 
parentage,  Mr.  Williams  was  born 
in  Tennessee,  April  19,  1860,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Mississippi  in  the  class  of  1885 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Phi- 
losophy. While  at  college,  he  was  a 
valuable  member  of  the  chapter  of 
the  Sigma  Chi  fraternity,  in  which 
he  still  takes  a  keen  interest.  He 
won  the  Senior  Debaters  medal  of 
the  University  of  Mississippi.  He  is 
a  gifted  writer  on  topics  of  public 
interest  and  won  a  prize  of  $50.00 
for  the  best  article  on  the  question, 
"How  to  invest  the  public  school 
funds."  He  married  Miss  Ida  E. 
Quillian  in  Colorado  in  1892.  They 
have  seven  children:  Orline,  aged 
20;  W.  Erskine,  Jr.,  deceased;  Pro- 
bert,   13;   Lillian,   12;   Tom  Q.,   10; 


Florence,  7,  and  Lois,  5. 


Doug-las  Wolseley 

OUGLAS  WOLSELEY, 
manager  of  the  Wil- 
liam Cameron  &  Com- 
pany's yard  on  the 
North  Side,  is  one  of 
the  oldest  employes  of 
this  large  organization  and  one  of 
the  best  known  lumbermen  in  the 
State.  Mr.  Wolseley  has  been  with 
Wm.  Cameron  &  Co.  for  twenty  years 
and  has  been  manager  of  the  North 
Side  yard  since  1902.  This  yard  was 
the  first  opened  on  the  North  Side, 
and  its  success  has  been  such  that 
it  frequently  has  been  found  neces- 
sary to  move  to  larger  sites.  The 
location  at  Twenty-second  and  Ellis 
Avenue  was  obtained  in  order  to 
afford  more  room.  In  addition  to 
handling  lumber,  Mr.  Wolseley  has 
done  an  extensive  loan  business, 
with  the  result  that  hundreds  of 
homes  were  built  on  the  North  Side 
that  perhaps  would  not  have  been 
there  otherwise.  He  is  one  of  the 
incorporators  and  vice-president  of 
the  Home  Development  Company, 
organized  to  encourage  building. 
Mr.  Wolseley  was  born  in  Chicago 
in  1875.  He  came  to  Texas  in  1893, 
locating  at  Brownwood  and  entering 
the  employ  of  the  Wm.  Cameron 
Company  there  as  bookkeeper  and 
assistant  manager.  From  Brown- 
wood  he  was  transferred  to  Fort 
Worth.  He  is  married  and  has  three 
children,  Douglas,  9;  Margaret,  7; 
Elizabeth  3.  Mr.  Wolseley  is  a 
Mason,  a  member  of  No.  148.  Fort 
Worth  is  noted  as  a  city  in  which 
a  large  percentage  of  the  residents 
are  owners  of  their  homes.  Mr. 
Wolseley  has  taken  a  keen  interest 
in  making  this  condition  possible  for 
many  people,  and  in  this  respect 
must  be  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  effective  makers  of  Fort  Worth. 


J.  H.  Woodard 

AMES  HOMER  WOOD- 
ARD, manager  of  the 
West  Texas  Townsite 
Company,  has  been 
instrumental  in  settling 
up  Fort  Worth's  trade 
territory  with  Northern  farmers  who 
have  been  brought  through  his 
efforts  to  the  rich  country  in  West 
Texas.  One  of  the  youngest  inde- 
pendent real  estate  and  townsite 
promoters  in  the  Southwest,  his  suc- 
cess has  been  remarkable  and  in  a 
short  time  he  has  risen  from  a 
position  as  real  estate  salesman  at 
$40  a  month  to  the  general  manager- 
ship of  one  of  the  largest  develop- 
ment companies,  buying  and  selling 
lands  for  colonization  purposes.  Re- 
cently he  engaged  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness and  has  established  a  branch 
office  in  Chicago.  He  has  oil  prop- 
erties in  North  Texas,  also.  Mr. 
Woodard  was  born  in  Danville,  Yell 
County,  Arkansas,  August  30,  1887. 
His  father,  James  Wesley  Woodard, 
was  a  native  of  Arkansas  and  a 
prominent  attorney  of  that  State  for 
eighteen  years.  During  that  time  he 
was  county  attorney  of  Yell  County, 
and  he  served  also  as  a  Deputy 
United  States  Marshal  at  the  time 
distilleries  were  in  abundance  in  the 
mountain  regions  of  the  State.  Later 
he  was  associated  with  his  son  in  his 
colonization  work,  and  the  adminis- 
tration of  his  estate  was  placed  in 
Mr.  Woodard's  hands.  His  mother. 
Miss  Melissa  Alexander  Black  before 
her  marriage,  was  a  native  of  Geor- 
gia. Mr.  Woodard  married  Miss 
Mollie  E.  McBurnett,  January  12, 
1906.  They  have  two  children.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  and  a  Democrat.  Warfield, 
Midland  County,  Texas,  is  one  of 
the  town  sites  built  up  through  his 
energy. 


L.  J.  Wortham 


OUIS     J.     WORTHAM, 
equally  prominent  as  a 
writer,      speaker      and 
legislator,     shows     his 
preference  for  the  pro- 
fession he  has  followed 
with     short     intermissions     through 
practically  all  of  his  life  and  desig- 
nates himself  as  a  newspaper  pub- 
lisher.     One    of    the    early    Texas 
newspaper    men,    equally    at    home 
setting      type      at      the      case      or 
writing   editorials,    he    has    been,    at 
various    times,    foreign    correspond- 
ent,   editorial    writer    and    publisher 
of  the  leading  papers  in  the  South- 
west.     For   many    years    he    was    a 
correspondent    for    New    York    pa- 
pers at  Washington  and  Mexico  City 
and    later,    in    1900,    chief    editorial 
writer    of    the    Houston    Post.      He 
founded   the   Fort   Worth    Star   with 
others    and    was    its    editor-in-chief, 
becoming  vice-president  and  general 
manager  of  the  Fort  Worth  Publish- 
ing Company  and  editor-in-chief  of 
the  Star-Telegram  upon  the  consol- 
idation   of    the    Star   and    Telegram. 
He  was  also  founder  and  publisher  of 
the  Current  Issue.    As  general  man- 
ager of  the  Texas  World's  Fair  Com- 
mission at  St.  Louis  and  as  general 
manager    of    the    International    Fair 
Association     he     has     accomplished 
much    for   one   of   his   two   hobbies, 
the  development  of  Texas  resources. 
The  other,  good  roads,  he  has  urged 
in   both   his   writings   and   speeches. 
He  was  Captain  of  River  Guards  in 
co-operation  with  the  State  Rangers 
and   the  sheriffs   of  border  counties 
in  the  frontier  days;  Senator  Coke's 
private  secretary  at  Washington  and 
Federal  Inspector  during  Cleveland's 
administration,    being    stationed    va- 
riously at  Mobile,  Laredo,  and   San 
Antonio.    He  has  been  given  a  fourth 
term  in  the  legislature  as  represent- 
ative  from   Tarrant   County.     He   is 
a  member   of   the    Elks,   the   Eagles 
and  also  of  the  River  Crest  Country 
Club,  the   Saddle  and  Sirloin   Club, 
the  Ad  Men's  Club  and  Chamber  of 
Commerce.   Col.  Wortham  is  the  son 
of  William  B.  Wortham,  a  native  of 
Columbia,  Tennessee,  himself  a  vet- 
eran   Texas    newspaper    man.      His 
mother,    Mrs.    Adaline    E.    Ashcroft 
Wortham,    was    a    native    of    South 
Carolina. 


Zane-Cetti 


ANE-CETTI  was  born  in 
Philadelphia  of  Enlish 
Quaker  parentage  in 
1844.  When  fifteen  he 
was  sent  to  Germany 
to  complete  his  educa- 
tion. He  remained  in  the  Polytechnic 
College  of  Carlsruhe  for  five  years 
and  then  served  in  the  government 
service  until  his  return  to  America  in 
1870.  He  was  engaged  in  railroad 
building  in  Alabama  when  he  was 
sent  by  General  Grenville  M.  Dodge 
to  assist  in  the  survey  of  the  original 
line  of  the  Texas  and  Pacific  Railway 
and  ran  that  line  from  Jones  County 
to  El  Paso.  During  this  work  the 
Indians  were  so  numerous  and  dan- 
gerous that  U.  S.  troops  were  fur- 
nished as  an  escort  for  the  engi- 
neers. Zane-Cetti  then  began  town- 
site  work  in  the  Eastern  division  and 
was  at  Marshall  when  "Black  Fri- 
day" caused  the  suspension  of  rail- 
road building.  He  came  to  Fort 
Worth  and  engaged  in  the  real  es- 
tate business  until  1875,  when  the 
Tarrant  County  Construction  Com- 
pany was  formed  to  secure  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Texas  &  Pacific. 
Through  this  means  the  road  was 
completed  into  Fort  Worth  in  1876, 
and  it  remained  the  Western  termi- 
nus until  1878.  Mr.  Zane-Cetti  was 
also  interested  in  bringing  the  Santa 
Fe  and  other  early  roads  to  Fort 
Worth.  In  1895  he  devoted  him- 
self to  active  management  of  the 
Texas  Brewing  Company,  of  which 
he  is  president  and  one  of  the  found- 
ers. For  a  time  he  served  as  City 
Engineer,  but  outside  that  period  he 
has  not  been  actively  engaged  in 
public  life. 


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